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What is new in classrooms?
Innovating Pedagogy is a brief description of a dozen or so educational innovations (e.g., MOOCs, games in the classroom) from the Open University. Each short piece describes the topic and offers a prediction regarding the potential impact and the time … Continue reading
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Art, Science and Practice
I have encountered several posts lately that give me some concern (HoltThink, Spiked Online). My concern is that the contributions of cognitive psychology and the study of learning, motivation, aptitude, etc. will be ignored in thinking about classroom practice. Perpetrating … Continue reading
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If you must go to system 7 tomorrow
Here is a detailed tutorial on backing up your iPad if you intend to install system 7 tomorrow. I have several iPads and I plan to wait a bit for the iPad retina and longer for my iPad 2. My … Continue reading
Cross-posting from Google+
This is a test based on this post from Alex Ghosh. The test involves a method for cross-posting from Google+. For those of us with long-standing blogs, it is often frustrating to post to Google+. We may understand the opportunities … Continue reading
CIPA Update
The blogger offers an update on CIPA. Attending to CIPA requirements is required for schools accepting e-rate funding. Newest changes focus on educational requirements beyond technological protections.
Teach
If you watched the Guggenheim television program “Teach”, you may be interested in this analysis from the NYTimes. Very different from “Waiting for Superman” and I thought a very conventional view of good educational practice.
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