BBC News Monday, 1 December 2008Health information online is breeding a generation of cyberchondriacs - people who needlessly fear the worst diagnosis after surfing the net, say researchers. A team at Microsoft studied health-related Web searches on popular search engines and surveyed 515 employees about their health-related searching. Web searches had the potential to escalate …
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The Future of Education
Future of Educationhttp://static.slideshare.net/swf/ssplayer2.swf?doc=future-of-education3726&stripped_title=future-of-educationView SlideShare presentation or Upload your own. (tags: knowledge informl)
What’s next on the web
Web Technology Trends for 2008 and Beyond, May 2008 Update From: ricmac, 6 months ago Web Technology Trends for 2008 and Beyond, May 2008 Updatehttp://static.slideshare.net/swf/ssplayer2.swf?doc=rwwpresentationmay08-1212121566162903-9&stripped_title=web-technology-trends-for-2008-and-beyond-may-2008-updateView SlideShare presentation or Upload your own. (tags: wellington 2008) An overview of emerging web technology trends, as covered on top tech blog ReadWriteWeb; such as Websites becoming web services, Semantic …
Want a laugh?
This awesome animation by Alan Becker has us enthralled! It's not just clever computer animation but an incisive depiction of frustration by the "victim".Click here to go to the link: sit back and watch.Thanks for sharing this Trish 🙂
Shazam! A Projector Is Shrunk
Thanks Susan Burwash for this link...The New York TimesBy DAVID POGUE Published: November 5, 2008 Optoma Pico really shines.The Walkman put a stereo system in your pocket and changed the game forever. A modern digital watch has the computing power of a roomful of 1950s computer gear. And people are watching TV shows these days …
Wikiflash is happening
For those of you who love all things web2.0 and want OT to really get a move on in this area, then wikiflash needs you! Go to the wikipedia occupational therapy article then sign in and become a contributor. The University of Salford is taking the lead here, and they need players! Once you've made …
Disability is Natural Website
While preparing for a course with first year OT students I "Googled" the term "people first language". I stumbled across Kathy Snow's website called Disability is Natural and read her downloadable document about people first language.I asked for Kathy's permission to use this in teaching and she was happy to help me spread this information …
Adaptive Toys
We are working on a case study about an 18-month old boy who has hemiplegia and we are up to the part where the students present their plan to the "mom". Here are some links one our second year MScOT students shared with the class today. Brittany recommends Special Kids Zone and says "this site …
Salford University Occupational Therapy Education Blog: How do YOU engage in activity?
Salford University Occupational Therapy Education Blog: How do YOU engage in activity?This post about students commenting on their leisure activities and how they achieve a sense of doing, being and becoming through these activities links very well with a post I also made about doing, being, becoming a blogger and belonging in a virtual community.
Anita Hamilton ~ VirtualOT 