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Election Analysis
Bing (bing.com/election) has organized information related to 2014 political races. A user can view the country as a whole or select a state and obtain a prediction for individual races. In addition, the return page for each race offers annotated … Continue reading
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Thinking like a historian
STEM subjects seem to be prioritized when it comes to K-12 education. This despite the importance of skills – e.g., communication and critical thinking – that can be developed in other content areas. Way back when I began blogging (more … Continue reading
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Edchats – if you must
You may think I am anti-edchat. I have been misrepresented – I am against Twitter chats. Just because I recognize my opinions are not shared by all (not sure why), here is an informative site providing everything you might want … Continue reading
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Google Play Books
I believe if you are willing to advocate for the purchase of certain apps you also must be critical when criticism is called for. I am advocate of ebooks in education and we have an ebook (a textbook) in the … Continue reading
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What happened to the OLPC?
In 2008, we participated in the One Laptop Per Child “get one, give one” project. I must admit we seldom used the device, but I did happen across it when going through our stuff for our move. The OLPC project … Continue reading
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Longevity of the Oregon Trail
Veterans of the Apple II era likely developed their interest in educational games playing Oregon Trail. I happened across this extended Atlantic piece on the game and the interest in may have developed in those who played it.
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