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Higher ed bubble

There is no doubt higher education is changing. At first, I thought my experience in North Dakota was due to the downturn in the energy sector which in combination with the reluctance of Republican state legislatures to adjust taxes to … Continue reading

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Amazon algorithms

Trying to get a big company that relies on algorithms to understand a special case that their algorithms do not handle appropriately can be a real challenge. We have just refreshed our textbook (Integrating technology for meaningful learning) that is … Continue reading

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Google sponsored CS education analysis

School administrations wanting to understand the pro-computer science position in K12 position might find this recent Google sponsored analysis of value. Blikstein, P. (2018). Pre-College Computer Science Education : A Survey of the Field, 45. Retrieved from https://goo.gl/gmS1Vm.

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My Kindle summer PD suggestion

I read a lot about professional development. What is wrong with the way it is done? Why educators don’t find it to be of much personal value. Etc. Here is an idea that came to me based on the opportunity … Continue reading

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Facebook Disconnect

Facebook is so popular that most users continue posting and visiting the site despite all that is known about the collection and sharing of information about personal online behavior. I guess I fall into this category of frustrated, but continuing … Continue reading

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The case against Google

If you are not a 60 Minutes fan or were busy last evening, you will want to watch this lengthy story on Google. It claims that Google has too much power (most positive spin) or uses its power to disadvantage … Continue reading

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