Musing over the metamorphosis of Alexander Graham Bell’s invention into an invasie species and nightmare for educators.
Entries from August 2024
Cell Phones in Schools: WiFi Butterflies
August 31st, 2024 Comments Off on Cell Phones in Schools: WiFi Butterflies
Tags: Alexander Graham Bell · metaphor · Michae Robert Dyet · School cell phone ban
Nature as a Quilt: Inchneunomid Wasps
August 24th, 2024 Comments Off on Nature as a Quilt: Inchneunomid Wasps
The first in my “Nature as a Quilt” series – a look at Ichneumonid Wasps and the patch in the quilt they represnet.
Tags: Ichneumonid Wasp · metaphor · Michae Robert Dyet · Nature · nature as a quilt
Farewell CHML: A War Casuality
August 17th, 2024 Comments Off on Farewell CHML: A War Casuality
The “Davids” in the digital advertising wars stand little chance against the “Goliaths” behind the tsunami.
Tags: 900 CHML · Corus Entertainment · Meta · metaphor · Michael Robert Dyet
The Fake News Infodemic: Reader Beware
August 10th, 2024 Comments Off on The Fake News Infodemic: Reader Beware
A brief look at the proliferation of fake news, how it is generated and how we can protect ourselves from it.
Tags: clickbait · deep fake · fake news · infodemic · metaphor · Michae Robert Dyet
Olympics: Fumbling the Ball
August 3rd, 2024 Comments Off on Olympics: Fumbling the Ball
Putting forward the assertion that the drone spying scandal is symptomatic of a greater fall from grace for the Olympics.
Tags: Bev Priestman · Canadian Women's Soccer Team · metaphor · Michae Robert Dyet · Olympic drone scandal · Olympics