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We were caught up in the OLPC project and bought one in the original buy one / give one deal. The program did appear to suffer from a sense of direction. First it was for developing countries and then a … Continue reading →

This online summary (note that it is itself a brief summary with an illustration) of a JEdPsych article by Clark, Nguyen & Sweller appears to demonstrate that when instructional materials with less text are comparied with a comparable lesson with … Continue reading →

People interested in science often have experiences in their childhood that predict their adult interests. There is reference to this in “Outliers”. I came across a Ted Talk that describes the same phenomenon on a personal level (when did the … Continue reading →

I am in my office preparing for my grad class tomorrow evening. I am reading a 2003 paper by Burkhardt & Schoenfeld that offers suggestions for improving educational research and the difficulty of influencing educational practice via resesarch. It is … Continue reading →

It appears that Britannica has given in to the popularity of participatory authoring and will allow users to edit its own online version. Mr Cauz said that any changes or additions made to Britannica entries online would have to be vetted … Continue reading →

[Satellite image by GeoEye] – perhaps one of the most unusual photos from the inauguration. This image captured by the GeoEye-1 satellite. Offered according to GeoEye publishing guidelines.