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Flickr is Dead or Dying
Blogger and photographer Thomas Hawk posted recently contended that Google + would soon provide the opportunity for Google to overtake Flickr as the digital photography destination of choice. Hawk provides two contrasting galleries of his own pictures in support of his … Continue reading
Proficiency Based Learning
Old guys can become cynical. Like, when they encounter some great new idea and it seems pretty much the same thing they encountered thirty years ago. Proficiency based learning – sounds very much like mastery learning from the late 1960s-1970s. … Continue reading
twtrland
This site is kind of interesting. twtrland analyzes a Twitter profile (perhaps yours) and offers information on the types of tweets they produce, information on followers, most retweeted tweets, etc. You may find your Twitter behavior is more visible than … Continue reading
New look in children’s lit: Give your grandchild a Kindle
The post from Hack Education reviews the emerging trend of ebook readers for very young children. Having watched our grandkids interact with an iPad, this trend makes sense to me. Touching stuff to make it react seems a very natural … Continue reading
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Good news on a gloomy “economic” day
I see the market is down 350 points as I write this post. I need some good news. Perhaps this is it. Comcast now offers a plan to provide the family of a child who is eligible for free or … Continue reading
The challenge of a sharing group in Google +
I have been thinking about the practicality of using Google + in K-12 classrooms. The use of circles to target who sees what would seem to address a core concern associated with the use of social media. I understand how … Continue reading
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