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Web literacy?

Posted on April 3, 2014 by admin

There seem to be a growing number of literacies. I guess it depends on how specifically you think the label should be applied. This site developed by Mozilla offers tutorials intended to develop your understanding of web site development. Clearly, … Continue reading →

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Billionaires, education, and the rest of us

Posted on April 1, 2014 by admin

This Education Dive article identifies the 10 billionaires putting the most money into education and some comments on where it is going. What you will likely conclude is that most mix goals you support and others you oppose. Such is … Continue reading →

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A little help here

Posted on March 31, 2014 by admin

I generate few presentations in Google docs so I was slow to discover this feature (I knew it existed for word processing). I use Explain Everything to develop presentations to cover when I am going to be out of town. … Continue reading →

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Textbooks – bubble or not

Posted on March 31, 2014 by admin

Evidently some feel that there is an opportunity to “disrupt” the educational content industry (formerly known as textbook publishing). Books cost a lot and some students find reading books a struggle. Various entrepreneurs recognize this as an opportunity, but now … Continue reading →

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The kids should see this

Posted on March 29, 2014 by admin

There are many who describe the online service they provide as archiving. I think of this as the identification, collection, and organization of valuable, existing resources. The provider does not generate the resources but provides a “value added” service built … Continue reading →

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Basic skills are not the problem

Posted on March 29, 2014 by admin

The limitation I see in NCLB is that what the program is purported to accomplish is not the problem to be solved in order to address issues of international competition. Getting as many students as possible to some basic level … Continue reading →

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