Thing 2

Having now watched the 7 1/2 Habits powerpoint video, I am, I'm afraid, on the side of the "lame" people, because nothing was particularly new to me, and the narration drove me nuts.



However, speaking of Habit #6, using technology to your advantage, here's a link to one of the best new ideas in education out there: MIT's Open Courseware site. This site hosts the contents of 1800 MIT courses, from math to social sciences to art to languages and beyond, at both graduate and undergraduate levels. This is an amazing new idea and wonderful resource.

MIT took the idea of the UK's Open University one step farther. The OU is a distance-learning college set up to cater to those who for whatever reason can't or don't do regular university-type learning, one step farther, and for those who may not have a background that enables them to be accepted at regular universities. Almost all of the courses have no pre-qualifications necessary except that you have to be 18 or older to study. It costs money and grants you a degree, unlike MIT, but of course with the OU your tuition gets you the support of an instructor and fellow classmates. However, MIT is good for those who are highly self-motivated or who just want to dabble.