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Text Compactor
Leslie Fisher recently posted a link to a text compactor. She described the site as a way to simplify text. I just completed writing a piece on the causes of adolescent screen time so I thought I would give it … Continue reading
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Flickr and Creative Commons
Flickr offers users, even users of the free version, to offer their photos for use under creative commons licenses. This video explains how to apply these licenses and how to search for Flickr photos offered under a creative commons license.
Highlight the Mueller report
Like many Americans, I am reading the Mueller report. I prefer to highlight while I read and I was originally frustrated in finding a way to do this. I could locate several sources for a pdf, but most seemed to … Continue reading
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Get your news through RSS
There is growing discontent with Twitter and Facebook, but many still use these services to access the news. Using these social services is going to provide a slanted view of the world and also blends together legitimate and sketchy information … Continue reading
There is no backlash
Social media has received severe criticism for the past several years. There were the revelations that Facebook was manipulated into spreading false information about Hillary Clinton and may have influenced the election of 2016. This seemed to start greater scrutiny … Continue reading
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Teaching for mastery is more than allowing resubmits
I have observed multiple online references to teaching for mastery in the last couple of months. I have mixed reactions based on a career-long interest in mastery learning. On the positive side, seeing new interest in an old idea that … Continue reading
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