Monthly Archives: January 2011

Here is a follow-up to a previous post on the California Open Textbook Project. ZDNet Government offers some California links to explain that the textbooks are only part of the problem. eBooks (or some equivalent) make little sense if students … Continue reading →

If you are a gmail user, you probably noticed your email was off-line for some time today. A little disconcerting if you have come to trust the invulnerability of Google services. The problem turned out to be self-inflicted (see link). … Continue reading →

No, this is not a shameless attempt to boost my readership. (naked, naked, naked – there that should do it) You may have encountered the phrase “teaching naked” via other online social services. Here is an NPR interview with the … Continue reading →

Here are the results of an extensive survey regarding teen use of microblogs. Do they? Why and when?

This Wired article explores the notion of “good enough” as it has applied to the digital camera and camcorder market. Should it apply to software as well? There used to be less expensive and less featured versions of apps, now … Continue reading →

  The change started with the Department of Education under the Bush administration, he explains, which wanted to see a much heavier focus on the basic tools of reading — like phonics and spelling. NPR has announced that Reading Rainbow, … Continue reading →