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January 15, 2009 @ 1:01 am
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The picture does not capture the participants – unfortunately, no one took pics at this year’s Christmas gathering. Some may say this it is better that no pictures were taken if you listen to the singing in the podcast. Just saying… Here is the podcast … MayerFamily12days2008.mp3 Click to play or right-click to download.
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January 15, 2009 @ 12:43 am
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I am back to blogging. I had to take some time off to recover from quintuple bypass surgery. Let this be a reminder to get your cholesterol checked – mine was over 330 last April – now it’s around 150 thankyouverymuch. I’ve been back to work for quite some time now (since May), but I […]
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January 5, 2008 @ 11:09 pm
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Here is the recording of my talk at the 2008 Annual Membership Meeting for CALI during AALS in New York, NY on January 5, 2008 … AALS2008CALIBreakfast.mp3 Here are the slides … 2008AALSBreakfast_final.ppt I will be posting a screencast version soon and posting more information about ELangdell into the future.
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December 30, 2007 @ 4:30 pm
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The Family was over to the house to celebrate Christmas yesterday. One of our many annual traditions is to sing the 12 days of Christmas with different individuals/groups handling each "number". Others are tasked to try to confuse them with alternate lyrics … hilarity ensues. Here you go… MayerFamily12days2007.mp3
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February 7, 2007 @ 3:54 am
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The Harvard Business Review list of breakthrough ideas for 2007 has so many intriguing and insightful ideas that I don’t know where to begin … and so I won’t. Instead, follow the link and read grow smarter. Or listen to the podcast here.
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January 17, 2007 @ 11:49 am
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I ran across this video on Youtube (thanks to PresentationZen) and I love the idea of apparently unrelated relationships it evokes.
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January 7, 2007 @ 8:10 pm
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This is BIG NEWS for CALI. In the Fall 2006 Semester, users of the CALI website downloaded or ran CALI lessons over 500,000 times. This is the highest single semester ever. The totals for the calendar year (as opposed to academic year) for 2006 are over 880,000. Many thanks to all the schools and students […]
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January 1, 2007 @ 11:02 pm
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Every year, my sisters and their families gather for the holidays and one of our traditions is to jointly sing the 12 Days of Christmas. This year, we tried something a little different. On the last verse (where all 12 days are sung), we tried to "sing" the "sound" of the item … uhhh … […]
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November 6, 2006 @ 10:58 pm
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Scott Leslie, an educational technology researcher and emerging technology analyst has posted an excellent and insightful screencast of a talk he gave to the WCET conference last week. He lays out in one place (and in a playful manner using a "magic eight ball") many of the issues and prognostications that I have heard seperately […]
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October 31, 2006 @ 12:51 am
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I am excited to announce that the J. Reuben Clark Law School at Brigham Young University and the University of Maine School of Law are CALI’s newest members. CALI now has 203 US Law School Members. This is a new higheste-ever for CALI. Welcome aboard!
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