Here is where I put ideas that should not be forgotten.
- re-usable zip locks! Those zip-strips used in electronics. Design a system to make it easy to undo a ziplock. Yes they're cheap, but there are probably some applications where it would be nice to be able to have the security of a zipstrip but also be able to undo them.
- write a paper on the place of the iPod in educational technology.
- Personality Pedagogy: The idea that teaching a foreign langauge is a personal thing as well as a general thing. Therefore anything that emphasizes the personality of the professor is completely OK. Related to Gonzo journalism of Hunter S. Thompson, may he rest in peace, the gun and drug abusing lovely fool that he was.
- Self study in Education. Guidance is needed. there are all of these tons of materials out there, but people need "trails" to follow to be able to use these materials effectively. Highly motivated, technologically sophisticated and methodical individuals might eventually hit on materials that are appropriate for them, but where is the guidance for the rest?
- A repository for papers in order to check for plagiarism.
- automatic word lists.
- circular mouse: it doesn't stop at the borders, but goes on to the opposite border.
- PSD personal statistical device. You figure out the parameters you want to learn about and then progressively input data in order to understand a dependent variable that you suspect.
- examples
- mushroom growth days
- training improvement
- medical problems (let's say you want to figure out what influences your phlebitis, you can input data for a while and then you can run a program that calculates the results).
- Glass White Board. Affix glass panels to a plain wall and you have an instant whiteboard! Pretty, easy to clean, inconspicuous. However, the glare might be a problem, perhaps a foggy glass would be best.
Take a pill 102. I have recently discovered that if you take a mouthful of pills or supplements, they go down better if you swish them around your mouth once before swallowing. Also works with one pill. The pills (especially gel-type) get lubricated by the water and slip down better than ones that have dry edges. Swishing 2 or more might also act to separate each pill from each other so they go down in a line rather than in a clump.
