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Dangers of educator tribalism
The Internet comes with both dangers and opportunities. A major problem is the opportunity to align with a group taking a particular position supporting and strengthening erroneous personal biases. A personal bias is difficult to challenge, but a personal bias … Continue reading
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PEW notes striking findings from 2017
I follow the survey data from the PEW research center because the organization collects data on many issues I believe are important. PEW has just released a summary of the findings they thought were most striking from the surveys they … Continue reading
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Puzzlets for Dash
Hangout at my place and you are likely to find most of what is available in edtech. I describe it as Cindy’s tech lab. We have plenty of grandkids who we can watch using this technology and Cindy is still … Continue reading
RSS – still relevant
Many Internet users never knew what RSS was or abandoned RSS in favor of easy to use recommendation platforms such as Twitter. They have given up control of what they experience online as a consequence. This post on The Verge … Continue reading
Reaction to longer tweets
When Twitter announced the intention to double the length of tweets allowed, the results were mixed. I thought it was a great ideal especially for those wanting to use Twitter as a chat tool. Other disagreed and threatened to block … Continue reading
New Neutrality Vote
The FCC will soon vote on net neutrality. It appears the vote will go 3-2 against maintaining neutrality. I have written for several years explaining my opposition to this change (use tag to view previous posts). This is largely a … Continue reading
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