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I just read one of those year-end wrapup posts in this case focused on blogging trends in 2018. If you are interested, I provide the link. It was my impression that this survey focused on mostly paid bloggers and the … Continue reading
Why do STEM initiatives fail?
Studies have found that roughly 40 percent of students planning engineering and science majors end up switching to other subjects or failing to get any degree. That increases to as much as 60 percent when pre-medical students, who typically have … Continue reading
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Curiosity Stream Deal
Curiosity Stream, a documentary streaming service, is offering a great deal for the next few days. You can create a gift card to offer the HD version of the service for a year for $12. You can also gift the … Continue reading
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Heinemann concerned with educator resale of copyrighted content
Cindy forwarded this post from the Heinemann blog site. The post outlines Heinemann’s effort to clearly state their position regarding copyright as some educators have obviously taken content from Heinemann sources and repurposed what has been copied as part of … Continue reading
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Newsela – beyond reading levels
For educators wanting an alternative to textbook-focused instruction or quality compliments to textbook-focused instruction using historical documents and quality news stories, Newsela may provide just what you are looking for. In addition to the carefully curated content, the education service … Continue reading
WordPress ‘Gutenberg’ Design Flaw
The Gutenberg plugin for WordPress has a characteristic I find very annoying. This “defect” occurs when I select a phrase that signals the link to another page. The “word processing” options including the link button appears (white bar), but is … Continue reading