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Old tractors and new tech
I grew up on an Iowa farm and even for the 1960s I spent a lot of time on what were old tractors for that time. My dad made due with old John Deeres – an A, B, and a … Continue reading
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WordPress Pages and Plugins
Platforms such as WordPress and Blogger are associated with blogging, but are much more flexible and can be the basis for an entire online presence. WordPress offers an alternative to the sequential display of posts (blogging) called pages and plugins … Continue reading
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Weak link
Since the election of 2016 interested the general public in “fake news”, efforts to combat misleading content have been an issue for educators. Somehow, it was assumed that educators should prepare learners in a way that would take care of … Continue reading
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Comment from Sal Kahn
I have followed Sal Kahn and the Kahn Academy since Sal first offered his TED talk. My interest was in his efforts to offer a practical way to implement an individualized mastery learning system. This recent comment from Kahn reiterates … Continue reading
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Photo Ark
Watching CBS Sunday Morning is the start of our Sunday morning routine. The news magazine offers a wide variety of stories with something for pretty much everyone. This morning one of the program’s spots brought attention to the work of … Continue reading
STEM as vaporware
This essay from Wired addresses the educational preoccupation with STEM and concludes it is vaporware. The term vaporware in my experience describes promised software that actually never actually ships. The essay offers a claim for the origin of STEM education … Continue reading
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