On Giving Zeros to Students

Approximate Reading Time: 3 minutesThere’s a story that’s been circulating around the airwaves in the last few weeks about a teacher who’s been suspended for giving zeros to students who don’t submit work. The suspension is for not doing as he’s told. This school … Continue reading

Where I’ve Been (weekly: May 27-June 2)

Approximate Reading Time: 2 minutes~ A record of places on the web I want to remember ~   The illustrated guide to a Ph.D. tags: illustrated guide phd Surviving a traffic surge: Three techniques to scale your site fast tags: surviving traffic surge techniques … Continue reading

Global Edmonton | Student gets a zero: Teacher gets suspended

Approximate Reading Time: < 1 minutevia Global Edmonton | Student gets a zero: Teacher gets suspended. Formal education takes another giant leap towards irrelevancy: EDMONTON – A teacher with more than three decades of experience is speaking out after he says he was suspended for … Continue reading

Visual ability predicts a computer science career: Why? And can we use that to improve learning? « Computing Education Blog

Approximate Reading Time: < 1 minuteThis is interesting, and may explain why teachers have trouble with science and math (and why kids who are inclined towards science and math have trouble with teachers). This is from a longitudinal study, testing students’ visual ability, then tracking … Continue reading

Where I’ve Been (weekly: May 20-26)

Approximate Reading Time: < 1 minute~ A record of places on the web I want to remember ~   iOS, Android, HTML5? How to pick a tablet platform for your app | VentureBeat You’re building a tablet app, and you need to make decisions on … Continue reading

Decorative Media Trap Example: The Elements: A Visual Exploration

Approximate Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe Elements: A Visual Exploration. Looks great. Basically a picture book. You’d think that for the price ($13.99) it would be more interactive and that it would include everything one would normally need from a table of elements – like … Continue reading

A Stellar Example of Ed vs. Fun: Virtual Frog Dissection

Approximate Reading Time: 3 minutesI was looking at a “Top Ten Best of” list today. There are dozens, if not hundreds of these. It’s rarely made clear why or how the people posting these lists are qualified to judge, nor is it usually explained … Continue reading

Gamasutra – Features – The Top 10 Things The Game Industry Can Learn from Film Production

Approximate Reading Time: < 1 minuteWell worth the read: How do we utilize these ideas to make higher quality games faster, cheaper? Let’s review! Pre-Production: Develop solid game concepts before production crews are brought in Vet concepts in a similar way to the film script … Continue reading