I use my camera just often enough to play with settings rather than shoot everything on automatic and not enough to remember what the settings mean. This summary from MacWorld offers a nice summary.
Howard Rheingold from MIT Media Lab
This invited lecture by Howard Rheingold from the MIT media lab is a nice analysis of his take on online literacies. His opinions, summarized in the book Net Smart, identifies key online literacies and counters the position that online experiences are making us stupid.
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Diane Ravitch and others discuss teacher evaluation on PBS Newshour
An interesting PBS offering (video and the transcript) on student achievement and teacher evaluation is available online.
Largest correlate of poor performance is poverty. Why blame teachers and unions and ignore the major correlate?
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HyperCard – 25 years later
ArsTechnica offers a nice “25 years later” article on Hypercard. I still love that program/environment and wonder why no one will revive a decent similar product. No, for those of you who keep sending me “similar” products, I have not found something I think is equivalent. I keep thinking it would be the perfect iPad product, but I am afraid such a product would offer users too many DIY opportunities and this is no longer the Apple way.
Public Photography
The issue of what and whom you can photograph has always been somewhat unclear to me. Here is a LifeHacker post on this topic. I must admit that this analysis seems to avoid the topic that I wonder about – can you photograph people in a public location?
Chrome Box
I am a fan of the Chromebook and Chrome in general. It appears that Google has another idea – the Chrome Box. Looks very much like a Mac mini (lowest cost approx. $600), but the price is $329. You add or purchase a keyboard and a display.
So, I am thinking I need one of these and I need to come up with a rationale for my wife. I have used the “it will make me more productive” line too many times.