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Howard Rheingold from MIT Media Lab
This invited lecture by Howard Rheingold from the MIT media lab is a nice analysis of his take on online literacies. His opinions, summarized in the book Net Smart, identifies key online literacies and counters the position that online experiences … Continue reading
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Diane Ravitch and others discuss teacher evaluation on PBS Newshour
An interesting PBS offering (video and the transcript) on student achievement and teacher evaluation is available online. Largest correlate of poor performance is poverty. Why blame teachers and unions and ignore the major correlate?
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HyperCard – 25 years later
ArsTechnica offers a nice “25 years later” article on Hypercard. I still love that program/environment and wonder why no one will revive a decent similar product. No, for those of you who keep sending me “similar” products, I have not … Continue reading
Public Photography
The issue of what and whom you can photograph has always been somewhat unclear to me. Here is a LifeHacker post on this topic. I must admit that this analysis seems to avoid the topic that I wonder about – … Continue reading
Chrome Box
I am a fan of the Chromebook and Chrome in general. It appears that Google has another idea – the Chrome Box. Looks very much like a Mac mini (lowest cost approx. $600), but the price is $329. You add … Continue reading
OpenDNS and Flashback Trojan
If you are concerned about the flashback trojan on the Mac, the use of OpenDNS now offers protection (TidBITS). OpenDNS is a service you use in place of a default domain name server to screen for inappropriate content, and now, … Continue reading