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FireFox Upgrade

Posted on February 2, 2019 by admin

The Firefox browser has been upgraded. Browsers seem to be competing by offering different ways to protect user privacy. The newest browser to undergo this transformation is Firefox. Firefox has a block everything mode (Strict) and on the desktop the … Continue reading →

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Hypothes.is YouTube Channel

Posted on January 31, 2019 by admin

For those interesting in layering services, I just learned that Hypothes.is devotees have a YouTube Channel. There are multiple layering services and you may find a different one more suited to your instructional needs. Hypothes.is is free and has been … Continue reading →

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Weather vs. Climate

Posted on January 29, 2019 by admin

The temperatures in the midwest have plummeted to well south of -20. One of tweets I read this morning offered a lesson from NASA for children explaining that the very cold temperatures were not a sign that the dangers of … Continue reading →

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Critical literacy must acknowledge the self

Posted on January 29, 2019 by admin

I think educators need to broaden their approach to developing student critical thinking skills as applied to online content. I was reminded of what has become my new perspective when I read Alice Keelor’s recent post complaining about the tendency … Continue reading →

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More than STEM

Posted on January 27, 2019 by admin

Prioritizing STEM within K12 may seem a significant departure from past priorities. Has this happened before? I must have been part of the post Sputnik push. There was certainly a great awareness of the Russian accomplishment and great concern, but … Continue reading →

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Analyzing and authoring arguments

Posted on January 21, 2019 by admin

Argumentation is a skill area I think is underdeveloped in students. It is not that they don’t argue, it is that their arguments function in the manner recent political arguments in this country go. Folks talk louder and repeat themselves, … Continue reading →

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