If you happen to teach something other than math or literacy, do you feel like a second level teacher? Do you feel that you are not one of the cool teachers who do important work?
Here, from TeachThought, are standards for the rest of us.
Chrome apps for Mac
If you use or promote Chrome apps and lean toward Apple computers, this announcement from Google will likely be of interest. Chrome apps for Mac
Critical thinking
Those of us who promote critical thinking when using Internet resources have favorite “go to” examples; Tree Octopus. I wonder if it would not be more productive to use online pronouncements related to political issues. Factcheck.org offers a variety of examples. I suppose the orientation of this collection would be problematic, but I find these examples more supportive of the charge to think critically than does the fabricated story of a tree octopus.
See also – FlackCheck.org (political literacy site funded by Annenberg Foundation).
Supreme Court to consider software patent issue
This could be interested. The Supreme Court has committed to review the issue of software patents.
Many in the industry want clarity in the law in large part because the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, which has primary responsibility for interpreting patent law, has struggled to adopt a test that judges can use to review software patent claims, with various judges reaching different conclusions.
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Now you see it, now you don’t – oops there it is again
Back in the 80s, teaching programming was an “in” thing. Then, for reasons I cannot identify, the notion that it would be beneficial for a high proportion of students to have programming experiences fell out of favor. Now, programming for all seems to be back in vogue.
My wife and I wrote a textbook used in undergrad “technology for teachers” classes. In the early editions, we had a chapter on programming and this chapter was removed when the topic became less popular. We saved this content and offer it here (somewhat abbreviated) as a web page.
I am not certain what I think of the appearance and disappearance of trends in curriculum priorities. I leave this phenomenon for you to interpret.
The last version of our chapter.
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Are you literate?
Interesting video (60 minutes) on the topic of literacy from Google (Dan Russell).
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