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New data from PEW seems to indicate that long form content production (blogs) has declined. Lenhart proposes that increase use of Facebook and phones has led to this decline.

The Eduflack blog offers an analysis of education winners and losers in the Obama budget. Technology ends up listed as a loser. The logic again is that tech expenses are part of everything, but EduFlack suggests that it is always … Continue reading →

Details of updates to NCLB are beginning to emerge (NY Times). My quick reading seems to indicate schools will be placed more directly in competition rather than being focused on the proportion of students who meet AYP. Again, it appears … Continue reading →

CNews offers an article describing the dropping scores of Canadian youth on entry tests of written English. Experience with social media is being blamed for the down turn in performance. I continue to wonder how serious this issue is and … Continue reading →

Apple fan or not, I really like this post by Mark Pilgrim. Once I got past the shock of a platform that made me do it myself, I pretty much made a career out of building things from code and … Continue reading →

It appears that the anticipated iPad is already having an influence on providers. Gizmodo reports that Macmillan no longer wants to go along with the $10 price encouraged by Amazon perhaps assuming that Apple books will go for $15. My … Continue reading →