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Replacing the library
The End Of The Library | TechCrunch I know this sucks. Libraries have been an invaluable part of human history, propagating our culture and knowledge over centuries. But recognizing the changing times and pointing out the obvious shouldn’t be considered blasphemy. It is what it is. The internet has replaced the importance of libraries as…
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Jumping the curve in education
Education 3.0: Embracing Technology to ‘Jump the Curve’ …the education sector is focusing far too much about what existed yesterday, some about what exists today, and very little about what will exist tomorrow. He challenged the “Choice Architects” of today to stop creating employees for the jobs of yesterday and start focusing on careers of…
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And you think you know someone who hates Microsoft Word
Why Microsoft Word must Die I hate Microsoft Word. I want Microsoft Word to die. I hate Microsoft Word with a burning, fiery passion. I hate Microsoft Word the way Winston Smith hated Big Brother. Our reasons are, alarmingly, not dissimilar … Microsoft Word is a tyrant of the imagination, a petty, unimaginative, inconsistent dictator…
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See what happens when a father decides to do his daughter’s eight grade homework
My Daughter’s Homework Is Killing Me I have found, at both schools, that whenever I bring up the homework issue with teachers or administrators, their response is that they are required by the state to cover a certain amount of material. There are standardized tests, and everyone—students, teachers, schools—is being evaluated on those tests. I’m…
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The little computer that could
Raspberry Pi: one million units made in Britain landmark passed The Raspberry Pi started life as an idea to bring computing in schools back to the era of the BBC Micro in the early 1980s, which inspired children to learn how a computer worked and allowed them to discover what was possible through learning to…
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Finding a school Chief Technology Officer is hard
Education Week: Talented Chief Tech Officers Hard to Find for K-12 Like technology itself, the job description of the district chief technology officer is changing rapidly—and often dramatically—as public education transforms around it, and through it. That’s why keeping up with the demands of the K-12 CTO’s job can be difficult, because relatively few of…
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Half of districts don’t have have a full time technology director
Many Districts Go Without a Chief Tech Officer Even as schools juggle a daunting array of evolving technological demands, federal data show that roughly half of districts do not have a full-time chief technology officer or technology manager whose sole job is to oversee all digital needs. Those needs include ensuring that technology contributes to…
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Quotes about progress
As I am working on our district’s 1:1 plan, I have come across several quotes about progress that I liked (in no particular order): “If There Is No Struggle, There Is No Progress” — Frederick Douglass “Don’t be pushed by your problems. Be led by your dreams.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson “There are many ways…
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Classic literature boosts empathy and emotional intelligence
For Better Social Skills, Scientists Recommend a Little Chekhov “It’s a really important result,” said Nicholas Humphrey, an evolutionary psychologist who has written extensively about human intelligence, and who was not involved in the research. “That they would have subjects read for three to five minutes and that they would get these results is astonishing.”…