Approximate Reading Time: < 1 minuteSweden debuts first classroom-less school | SmartPlanet. It looks great. This isn’t a new concept though – Canada (and I’m sure other places too) experimented with “Open Concept” schools in the late 60’s. The design of the school in the … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: < 1 minutehttp://yro.slashdot.org/story/12/01/16/1433222/sopa-and-pipa-so-far Here is Slashdot’s update. It contains a link to a GoogleDoc that lists the companies that support SOPA (far as we know). It is interesting what kinds of companies are on this list – many of them sell high-end … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: < 1 minuteNote to Faculty: Don’t Be Such a Know-It-All – Teaching – The Chronicle of Higher Education. This isn’t news. I’ve been doing this for decades. Not long after I started teaching, I came to realize that a good way to … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe Rise of the New Groupthink – NYTimes.com. I’ve long suspected that many (if not most) people who insist on groupwork for everything do so because they can’t really produce anything on their own. Working in groups is great and … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: < 1 minuteHere’s why it’s best to wait a bit before developing anything non-trivial in HTML-5 Gamasutra – Features – 7 Things To Know About HTML5. Be the first to like. Like Unlike … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: < 1 minuteTimely. Know anyone like this? You don’t have to be the head of a big corporation to be like this: The Seven Habits of Spectacularly Unsuccessful Executives – Forbes. They see themselves and their companies as dominating their environment … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: < 1 minute“Knowing the technology better means more productive arguments when there are disagreements because everyone speaks the same language.” via The Value of the Designer Who Codes | Inc.com. If you want to design applications you need to understand how they … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: 2 minutesThese are REALLY good points. Janice Harper: Top Ten Reasons to Rethink Anti-Bully Hysteria. 1. In the understandable rush to eradicate mean-spirited and aggressive people in the workplace, there is a tendency to move from anti-bully to pro-mobbing and … Continue reading