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A pioneer
Time to invest a little effort to understand and appreciate the pioneers. Doug Engelbart is someone I followed from my earliest tech days and he is even a bigger personal hero of my wife who spent time with him at … Continue reading
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123apps Chrome tools
123apps is a great collection for tools for the Chrome browser especially for those relying on Chromebooks. The apps run in the browser from the web site and are ad supported. The ads appear when a given tool is active, … Continue reading
Data on pandemic learning – not too bad
The NWEA (think MAP testing folks) offers some data on student learning during the pandemic. The general summary – not too bad. Students taking the exam (an important consideration) scored a bit lower in math, but at about the same … Continue reading
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Institute for Digital Public Infrastructure
The Institute for Digital Public Infrastructure studies the potential of the internet as a resource for the public good as an alternative to profit-making ventures. Think of this as the contrast between commercial television and public television or radio. I … Continue reading
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Maybe the FCC will act
The pandemic has revealed many gaps in addressing equity issues. While there is hope that in a few months things will normalize to a great degree, there may some motivation to address the problems that have been revealed. The challenge … Continue reading
COVIDawareMN
I downloaded the CovidAwareMN app to my iPhone today. I have heard about this type of technology for some time but had not made the effort until I learned it was being pushed in my home state. CovidAwareMN (CovidAwareMN web … Continue reading
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