morning IM chats on teaching with technology
A colleague brought up the recent inquiry on technology in the classroom here which led to my general use of high technology in the classroom as found below: me: 10:33 way back when i started teaching 10:34 my colleagues introduced me to the most handy bit of kit 10:34 it’s called a codex 10:34 it […]
Read MoreWeblogg-ed » What Do We Know About Our Kids’ Futures? Really.
What Do We Know About Our Kids’ Futures? Really. [From Weblogg-ed » What Do We Know About Our Kids’ Futures? Really.] —- there is an interesting discussion occurring at weblogg-ed about kids and learning. my addition is that kids have learned to be compartmentalized, not taking intellectual risks, and losing to some extent their curiousities […]
Read Morecenter for new humanities
— this is an interesting presentation for a center for new humanities at rutgers. I’m not sure that humanities are centered around creativity, but I am sure that i think that they humanities lead the way in terms of the skills that allow creativity and innovation to flourish.
Read MoreQS Top Universities: THES – QS World University Rankings – top university rankings from around the world
THES – QS World University Rankings [From QS Top Universities: THES – QS World University Rankings – top university rankings from around the world] — the new rankings are out for the best universities. these are the times higher education supplement rankings. they have some interesting numbers.
Read MorePolicy Research Tool
Policy Research Tool: UNESCO is launching a new tool to support policy-making based on research results from international social and human sciences. — this is a cool tool. this post is also post 5900 according to the numbering system….
Read MoreToo many students attend college
Too many students attend college: Too many students attend college —- I actually agree to some extent with this idea, but not the evidence presented here. I think people need time to explore and find something they are passionate about before they engage in college. Too many students enter college, I think, with an unpurposefulness, […]
Read MoreMission to Learn: OER – Open Educational Resources
Mission to Learn: OER – Open Educational Resources: OER – Open Educational Resources — oer introduction.
Read MoreI drank Google's beer, then left
It was the only right (ethical) choice that I had. You see I went down to google’s new york office tonight to see a colleague of mine speak on the future of the internet. I thought it was an open invite without any specific rules as to what I could do with the knowledge that […]
Read MoreT4 – Pay Attention
T4 – Pay Attention: Pay Attention —– how should we teach our students…. this video presents some concerns…. about the digital learner… and how we can play to them.
Read MoreOnline Degrees vs. Brick-and-Morter. The $100K Interview | SummitLearners – Education Online
Online Degrees vs. Brick-and-Morter. The $100K Interview | SummitLearners – Education Online: I hit the proverbial “glass ceiling” about 2 months ago. After working at my company for the last 3 years and steadily moving up from programming lacky to project manager, I had finally hit the point at which my bachelors degree just was […]
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