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The hill we climb

Posted on January 21, 2021 by admin

The poem read by Amanda Gorman at today’s inauguration had to make an impression. PBS already has used the poem as the source for classroom projects and reflection. Why do you think Gorman used the dual meanings of morning and … Continue reading →

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Note-taking and note-making

Posted on January 20, 2021 by admin

I happened across this post differentiating the processes of note-taking and note-making. The author suggests that note-taking is most likely the process employed while listening and note-making is more likely possible while reading. I studied note-taking and had not heard … Continue reading →

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A group of groups

Posted on January 19, 2021 by admin

I have been reading Aral’s The Hype Machine. The author was explaining the network effect and expanded my understanding of what the phrase means. Within the context of explaining how Facebook overtook MySpace, Aral offered the explanation the while Facebook … Continue reading →

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Big Picture People

Posted on January 18, 2021 by admin

Big Picture People (BPPers) make great authors. They are able to explain things in a way that make sense often tying together things we know and things we don’t to offer clarity on topics we want to understand. Yuval Harari … Continue reading →

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Block cookies and compensate creators

Posted on January 16, 2021 by admin

The Brave browser offers a solution to two important interrelated Internet problems – how to block the setting of cookies that collect personal information and how to compensate content creators and online services when the ads they use to generate … Continue reading →

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Laptops seem to work fine for taking lecture notes

Posted on January 11, 2021 by admin

Studies that show reading from a device and taking notes using a device have been quite influential among educators wanting learners to rely on traditional written materials and traditional handwritten notes. I have always wondered if these studies would replicate … Continue reading →

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