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Finding a way to cheap out
One approach to lowering college cost is to take college courses in high school. There are various ways of doing this with AP courses and dual-enrollment being the most popular. In AP courses, students experience instruction and then qualify for … Continue reading
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See Doc Changes
I have encountered several reports that Google has made a change to Docs by adding a button that will show recent changes made by collaborators. (e.g., Gooru). This button is to appear just to the right of the Help menu … Continue reading
Please, just the links
While Twitter users try to put the service to all kinds of uses, I see the major value in Twitter as a way to surface news stories I have not located on my own. What if you could magically ignore … Continue reading
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Facebook exploring offering K-12 online learning services
Evidently K-12 education appears to many as a field appropriate for innovation. Facebook is committing a small number of employees to develop software for Summit Public Charter schools. The Summit site provides a breakdown of a typical student day. Note … Continue reading
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Ethics of ad blockers
Why should you be concerned about ad blocking? You should be concerned because it will reduce the incentive for the “little guy” to offer content. The cost and the effort to get your site “white listed” works against the participation … Continue reading
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Too many replication failures
The finding that many social science studies fail to replicate should be an embarrassment to social scientists. I suppose any participant has an explanation. I can say after being involved in social science research for many years that there is … Continue reading
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