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Today I watched a TED Talk titled, " How Language Shapes the Way we Think ". The speaker, Lera Boroditsky, explains about communication across languages, and how languages influences its speakers. I already know that language is an ineffective method of communication, and find localization an interesting topic, so I was interested to hear her perspective. And it provided me some useful thought on how others outside of oneself may think or perceive the same text or speech differently. About the Talk The nature of the talk was more educational, informative, and insightful than argumentative. Boroditsky used several devices to serve the information in an understandable manner, and flowed them together seamlessly in a lighthearted and comedic manner. She paced the talk in a consistent manner, having no lulls in her speech, but also little time to think about what she'd said before she'd moved on to the next topic. First, she explained that there are approximately 7,000 ...

Recently, I watched Episode 660 of the This Week in Tech podcast , where, among other things, they discussed Apple's Education Event that was held on March 27 th . As someone who rallies for better access to technology, and is interested in how it can be applied to education, I wished to learn more about the event, and how others viewed the reveals. Competition Rather than compete with devices like Chromebooks, Apple's 2018 education edition iPads are meant to be their own niche. Apple's philosophy has almost never been to dominate the market. Instead, they work to provide the best experience possible for their smaller, more specialized market. These new devices are meant as ease of access for schools that were already considering them for educational use. Despite this, the next day, Google announced the first ever Chrome OS tablet the next day called the Acer Chromebook Tab 10 . It has a similar price point, but offers no advantages in terms of specifications or teaching...