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Using the Internet

Posted by Shawn Olson on Oct 19, 2002 | Last Updated Oct 26, 2011

This editorial on education was printed as a Chalkboard column in the Messenger.

how people can use the internet, internet value

Media Studies

Posted by Shawn Olson on Jun 4, 2003 | Last Updated Jan 6, 2018

Articles about modern society, media, journalism, propaganda and information in the Internet Age.

The MySpace Generation

Posted by Shawn Olson on May 23, 2006 | Last Updated Nov 9, 2011

Thoughts on the social media phenomenon and its effect on the current young generation. Originally written with MySpace in mind, but valid for other sites like Facebook.

myspace.com, myspace, facebook, social media, internet, online, parenting, education, web

Information Overload

An Over-Abundance of Information in the Information Age

Posted by Shawn Olson on Apr 4, 2010 | Last Updated Nov 12, 2011

An essay on the trends on the Internet that cause an explosion of information that is often antithetical to the ideals of democracy and progress. This essay cautions parents, teachers and community leaders to be wary of every emerging media outlet.

internet, society, media, information, data, knowledge

A Comparison of two major dynamic web platforms (LAMP vs. WISA)

Posted by Andrew Penry on May 11, 2003 | Last Updated Aug 13, 2013

Dynamic web sites are powered by web technologies. What do these technologies do and which is best?

LAMP, WISA, PHP, ASP, dynamic, web programming, MySQL

Hayden Turns Two

Posted by Shawn Olson on Jul 13, 2009 | Last Updated Nov 12, 2011

Hayden found a praying mantis on his second birthday. Watch out David Ireland!

hayden, toddler, mantis, insect

Christmas Part Two

Posted by Jennifer Pugh on Aug 8, 2004 | Last Updated Nov 7, 2011

Santa and his reindeer word search.

Christmas, reindeer, word search

Society's sentiment towards evolution

Posted by Shawn Olson on Oct 19, 2002 | Last Updated Oct 30, 2011

People argue against evolution all the time when they've never read about it.

anti-evolutionism, evolution, evolutionary misconceptions

Role Playing Games

Posted by Shawn Olson on Oct 19, 2002 | Last Updated Oct 30, 2011

The fear of role playing games is ridiculous. Many people think that role playing is evil. I think it is a great outlet that can encourage kids to think and analyze and be creative.

role playing games, dungeons and dragons