Approximate Reading Time: 2 minutesCarbs were key in wolves’ evolution into dogs – latimes.com Long ago, some brazen wolves started hanging around human settlements, jump-starting events that ultimately led to today’s domesticated dogs. Now geneticists say they have identified one of the key changes … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: 4 minutesSCVNGR’s Secret Game Mechanics Playdeck | TechCrunch Guide To This Document: This list is a collection of game dynamics terms, game dynamics theories that are interesting, useful and potentially applicable to your work here at SCVNGR. Many of them have … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: < 1 minute“In today’s news, a new report says that international tests like PISA are misleading, and the U.S. actually ranks much higher on the global scale–in some cases as high as Finland–once you re-weight data on social class.” Report: International tests … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: < 1 minuteBBC News – Viewpoint: Computer code frees us to think in new ways. Very well said. There’s lots here to like and agree with: To date the reasons behind the changes have seemed very skills-based, as if instilling particular skills … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: 2 minutesAnother great bit of info from Mark Guzdial’s blog: Home About Computing Education BlogWhat happens when professionals take on-line CS classes: When Life and Learning Do Not FitJanuary 9, 2013 at 9:46 am Leave a comment The journal article on … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: < 1 minuteAbout This Project | Adjunct Project About This Project Two-thirds of the faculty standing in front of college classrooms each day are off the tenure track. But getting information about the salaries of this army of adjuncts and the campus … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe significance of plot without conflict – still eating oranges. COOL. I’ve been looking for something like this for ages! I’ve never been entirely convinced that conflict is essential, and now I have a way to describe the alternative: Kish?tenketsu … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: 2 minutesPlease refrain from the use of digital native again | From experience to meaning…. I like this. This is the response I’ve been seeking for those Educationists who are forever repeating these myths. Often those who generate more heat than … Continue reading