October 14th, 2007 by Jorge Goncalves
This post is a little bit far away from online learning but it is Sunday and a friend has called my attention to this concept and I like it! A Spanish immersion school located at Costa Rica (Playa Tamarindo) offers not only Spanish language courses but also surf and scuba diving programmes. The overall idea is to study Spanish in the morning and take surf or dive classes in the afternoon. Very refreshing and motivating! Learn Spanish & Surf Partnership School offers several options, the site is very informative and is undeniably an original option for those interested in Spanish immersion learning.
June 10th, 2007 by Jorge Goncalves
WikiGroaning. ‘WikiGroaning is the art of comparing the level of two things nerdyness based off Wikipedia results.
Its a pretty safe assumption that Wikipedia articles, although read by millions, are primarily written and updated by tech savvy people with a large amount of time on their hands (read: nerds).
Based off the level of contribution and size of individual articles, we here at WikiGroaning are able to tell the level of interest for any particular thing in the worldwide nerd community.
Its a very complex algorithm. We count the number of characters in the referenced article on Wikipedia, and then apply an advanced ratio to convert those characters to “Nerd Points”. Currently we’ve determined a ratio of 1:1 leads to the best results.’ [via TechCrunch]
Update: Random Walk in Learning lists 4 Wikipedia games, including WikiGroaning.
