Approximate Reading Time: 2 minutesHear, hear: Nerds and Male Privilege. Y’see, one of the issues that nerd girls face is the fact that they are seen as girls first and anything else second. And before you flood my comments section demanding to know … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: 2 minutesI bought an iPad in September. I was not really excited. There is no question that Apple products are sleek and good-looking. Beautiful even. For some of us though, functionality is a bigger part of the user experience than how … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: < 1 minuteDonald Clark Plan B: 21st Century Skills are so last century!. Hmmmm… Wonder if formal Education (and the associated formal Educators) will be able to see the irony that’s being highlighted here? I also like Steven Downes’ list: My list … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: < 1 minuteTechno-toddlers: A is for Apple | Technology | The Guardian. Earlier this year, AVG Technologies, a firm that makes antivirus computer software, conducted a survey of mothers of children aged between two and five with internet access at home. They found … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: < 1 minuteRabbits are prey animals. They are easily frightened – and for good reason. They are yummy and there are few meat-eaters who would refuse an opportunity to eat rabbit. (NOTE: this is not an animal welfare post – I’m building … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: < 1 minuteSlouching toward a bananapocalypse? | Grist. All commercial bananas are of the same variety. They’re also seedless – which means they are not only the same kind but they are also the same plant. If something infects one instance of … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: < 1 minute#UnschoolingRules: Places to Learn. Well said Clark Aldrich. The activity of farming teaches ethics as well as business and science. Many corporations today seem to be run by near-sociopathic MBA’s who think in terms of cramming, gaming the system, extraction, … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: < 1 minuteProblem-solving Paralysis | Action-Reaction. I know my students … dive right in and tinker. So why, when faced with a physics problem, do many students suddenly freeze-up if they can’t see the whole solution right from the outset? How do … Continue reading