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AssortedStuffRegular ranting on the American education system and the continuing attempts to reform it. With side trips into educational technology, amusements, science, the internet, a little politics, and anything else that pops into my warped little mind. |
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Second Opinion on Second Life
on Mar 6, 2008 in Ed Tech I'm becoming known as the anti-SecondLife guy around these parts. It's a badge that I wear proudly even though I don't think it's entirely accurate. I'm not the anti-SL guy, but I am the somewhat-less-than-enamored-with-SL-guy.Most people think that...
Article on Second Life
on Mar 8, 2008 in Ed Tech The Second Life article ran Sunday in the Duluth News Tribune. They are notorious for disappearing links on their website, but hopefully this article will still be available for a while.The following lines were taken from my interview with the report...
Students Using Wireless
on Mar 9, 2008 in Read/Write Web Ed Tech Here are more results from our beginning of semester Student Technology Survey that was completed by over 800 students here at LSC. I think it is surprising that only 28% report never using wireless networks. I would have predicted more like 50% use...
Email Sucks
on Apr 24, 2008 in Ed Tech It's official, e-mail as a communication tool has now become more trouble than it is worth. I believe that it now has negative value, which is worse than the zero value that I thought it had until recently.Much of the e-mail that I send out gets mark...
I Agree - You Are What You Read
on Apr 26, 2008 in Ed Tech Jay made a post with an intriguing title: You are what you read. I agree completely. I have been reading more books over the past two years than in any other two year period in my life, maybe even when I was a student (I know, we're all still student...