Approximate Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe overblown crisis in American education : The New Yorker. The author is claiming that things aren’t that bad. More people are going to school than they did 100 years ago and there are lots more wanting to get in. … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: 2 minutesWell, allow me to say, DUH! Your Brain on Computers – Overuse of Digital Devices May Lead to Brain Fatigue – NYTimes.com. This subject keeps coming up in the news. No surprise really. I’ve made a few comments here (on … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: 3 minutesAlmost all my life, September has signaled the start of a new year – new pens, new paper, clean notebooks,… Since I was four years old, September, rather than January has been the New Year. This year, I will be … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: 2 minutesThere’s been a lot of buzz about plagiarism lately; here are two recent articles: Are You Part of ‘Generation Plagiarism’? – The Learning Network Blog – NYTimes.com. “Plagiarism Lines Blur for Students in Digital Age,” Trip Gabriel SO, why aren’t … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: 2 minutesForgive me, I come from Science. “Theory” means something different in science from what it means in education. It seems that in education we can label any notion we have about how things work as a theory – and then … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: 2 minutesI’ve seen a number of articles recently relating children’s success in school with the number of books in the house when they were growing up. Class Struggle – Power of books my wife grew up with. Books in home as … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: 3 minutesBloom’s Taxonomy Blooms Digitally, Andrew Churches. ref: Bloom’s Wow. Where do I begin? I could easily write thousands of words on what is wrong with this taxonomy. Understand that this is nothing personal – I do not know the author … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: 2 minutesI’ve seen this before. Summer Vacation is once again under attack in the U.S. See: The Case Against Summer Vacation – TIME. There is no question that formal education is broken in the U.S. (To be fair, it isn’t so … Continue reading