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A recent study in Computers in Education (summarized on the New Scientist) reports a study based in a simulated classroom setting contrasting podcasts with a live lecture. Students who listened to the podcast one or more times and took notes … Continue reading →

Bummer – after I “lightly hacked” my AppleTV (that is the phrase they use) Hulu no longer will offer content via Boxee. If you are not into strange tech company names, disregard this post. I wonder how one unhacks an … Continue reading →

A useful slideshare presentation Wesley Fryer offers information on copyright (note he suggests that legal advice may be necessary – everyone says this). The intent is to help educators understand copyright and realize they have rights as educators. It is … Continue reading →

the real problem isn’t the impending death of newspapers, but the impending death of news This analysis of the decline of newspapers (Salon) argues that losing access to newspapers offers more of a problem than the lose of the familiar … Continue reading →

Eventually, Levin and Feinberg cobble together a college-prep program that boasts longer hours, days, weeks and years — kids stay in school until 5 p.m. most days, attend class every other Saturday and spend weeks in summer school; it demands … Continue reading →

I do a lot of work in Google docs and I like some of your new features. It would be very helpful to me if you would offer a second option to “Insert footnotes”. Many academics do not include footnotes, … Continue reading →