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Diane Ravitch Speaks at the U of Wisc
Here is a link to the archived presentation of Diane Ravitch speaking in Madison, WI, on the future of public education (you need Silverlight installed to view).
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Looks like I paid myself 17 cents
I wrote several weeks ago that I was going to try Readability for a year. This is an application that strips out the material surrounding articles and saves the articles in a format that is supposed to be easier to … Continue reading
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Web of trust
This is curious or at least amusing. I have an add-on to my Firefox browser called WOT (web of trust) – it is supposed to use community recommendations to identify questionable sites. Today, I learned that the Wall Street Journal … Continue reading
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Frontline – College Inc.
I have likely provided a link to this Frontline program before, but it was recently presented again and it came at a time I was particularly sensitive to the issue of revenue and online instruction. College Inc. is pretty much … Continue reading
All at once educators are a target
You are glorified baby sitters who leave work at 3 p.m. You deserve minimum wage. Around the country, many teachers see demands to cut their income, benefits and say in how schools are run through collective bargaining as attacks not … Continue reading
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Generations – Choose your device
Here is an interesting visual representation of “gadget” popularity by generation from the PEW Foundation.
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