The Challenger's Communication Catastrophe

When I read that the Challenger's main problem was communication, I was very skeptical. I thought, "How on earth could a miscommunication make a problem like that happen? Did someone push the wrong button or something?" But the problem was that simple, which makes the disaster that much sadder. The NASA scientists, managers, and engineers all had the data telling them that there was a problem, but not one had assembled all the data together. This really becomes clear when Wiley Dunn, the director of Reliablility and Quality Assurance of NASA, said, "... we had that data. It was a matter of assembling that data and looking at it in the proper fashion. Had we done that, the data just jumps off the page at you." Literally, if someone had just compiled the information they had into something as small as a memo, the Challenger would have never taken off and there never would have been such a disaster.

Wendy's

I went with most of my family to Wendy's tonight. I'm sorry for anyone who is a huge Wendy's fan, but you might want to stop reading at this point. I normally like Wendy's food. I especially like their Spicy Chicken Sandwich and their Frosty's. This Wendy's, however, had horrible service. They messed up 5 orders in the time we were there, and that is not exaggerating. We need to bring food back to my sister, and it took my dad 20 minutes in line before he finally ordered. They also didn't have baked potatoes, which my mom wanted. That is the second time they were out. They have also been out of spoons and napkins, at the same time!! Needless to say, we are not going to be going back to that Wendy's again.

Homework for week 1

Apparently, I have to use this for homework. So, instead of learning about the amazing and exciting adventures of yours truly, you will have to be subjected instead to something slightly more boring: English. The topic being discussed is my idea of the use of technology in education.

Personally, I think it is about time that education has begun to catch up with technology. In his books, "Digital Convergence" and "Digital Convergence 2", Andy Covell discusses the uses of technology and how they interact together. By combining technology so much more potential can be realized. this is the same for education and technology. Education can be greatly inhanced by technology. From simple things like e-mail and research online, to classroom study and chatting with teachers and other students, the speed, effectiveness, and comprehensivity of education can be greatly increased. However, somethings have a long way to go and probably will never be great hits. A good example of this is educational gaming. As I see it, gaming will never be able to combine the elements necessary to make a great game with good educational value. I do not forsee a huge hit to the likes WoW (World of Warcraft), being an educational game.

Technology, however, will never wait for education to catch up, education will have to hurry to catch up, or be left behind.

The beginning

The new school year is here, and with everything really starting to ramp up, you start to enjoy the little joys of life. Like, going to purchase your books for the semester, and finding that your English class requires no materials to be purchased. I knew from that moment on, this English class was going to be awesome. No I don't care for English, but anything that requires no reading material, no quizes, and no final HAS to be good. I will keep you up to date on how life goes as it happens. For now, signing off.