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Ratings and Rankings
This piece from the NY Times (may have not register to view) offers comment on U.S. News and World Report’s plan to now rank education colleges and the resistance the magazine has encountered in the process.
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Considering the iPad for Schools
I have watched my wife recharge and load software on piles of iPad in my living room. I know there are practical issues those enamored of the iPad as potential learning tool have not considered (e.g., how do put software … Continue reading
Diigo Issue
I think the iPad is a great device for exploring my RSS feeds. However, quickly moving through the feeds is not the end of my personal process. What I want to do is to find the resources I think will … Continue reading
Open Courses on Your iPad
I recently wrote a post indicating that much online content was interesting but is not “deep” enough to encourage the understanding of a topic. This is not to say there are not exceptions and you may be lucky enough to … Continue reading
Plugin challenged
One of the comments Steve Dembo made in his FETC iPad presentation was that one of great benefits of the iPad was the battery life. Easy to overlook something like this. I started thinking about the benefits of a device … Continue reading
Probes afield
We have been fans of using technology in the field for many years. Digital probes allow students to collect data to test hypotheses in much the same way scientists would. The iPad has always seemed a natural for this setting … Continue reading
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