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Joe, Eric & Jared
Morning Joe (MSNBC) has become my “before I go to work” television program. This morning (last hour) included an interview with Eric Schmidt and Jared Cohen. I knew this yesterday, but did not make the connection with their book until … Continue reading
Outdoor tech
Perhaps Earth Day is a good time to promote outdoor tech. The stereotype of technology as limiting or substituting for involvement with the real world has never actually been the case. However, demonstrating the limitations of stereotypes is a great … Continue reading
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Adventure Games – Text
I have been a long term fan of adventure games. For those of some maturity, text-based adventure games were likely an early computer activity. My early research on Apple IIs investigated text games as reading activities. Anyway, TextAdventures is a … Continue reading
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AppoLearning
Reviewing educational apps is an important service. There are so many apps now available and the names can sound so familiar it is difficult to sort through what might be useful. Hence, there is a place for recommendation sites. AppoLearning … Continue reading
By college it may be too late
We all have self interests we tend to protect, but sometimes it is necessary to admit that others are in a better position to address a problem you argue you can fix. Higher ed always is under-resourced and we take … Continue reading
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ND encourages adoption of open textbooks
The North Dakota legislature now has a resolution urging college profs to make use of open textbooks. The concern seems to be that students pay an average of $1000 a year in textbook costs (see beer money ploy – trust … Continue reading