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Monthly Archives December 2002

Year’s End

Last day of 2002 — time to look to the future. Speculating on the future on a moments notice is not easy. How about this — Will the Internet change the nature of scientific publications? A recent journal article in Brain and Cognition (2002, 50, 335-337) asks this question and comes to the conclusion that [...]

Posted 31 December 2002 † grabe § General ‡ Comments (0) °

High Stakes Testing

Today’s New York Times contained an article summarizing a recent research study evaluating the consequences of high stakes testing. A summary of this summary might state that while connecting significant consequences to standards-related examinations may improve performance on the exams, other indicators of academic achievement (ACT or SAT tests, graduation rates) may be unaffected or [...]

Posted 30 December 2002 † grabe § General ‡ Comments (0) °

Education Blog Portal

Edublogs is a great starting place for anyone interested in the educational potential of blogs. This is a great site and also a way to locate other blogs with a similar focus. Cross Platform/Application Chats The most commonly used chat clients cannot communicate. When you make a commitment to a client, you pretty much select [...]

Posted 27 December 2002 † grabe § General ‡ Comments (0) °

Geek in Paradise!

Cindy has purchased access to the AtomicLearning.Com site through her history grant. So I now have access to the xBox and AtomicLearning.Com for the break. The XBox is not mine, but a present for a daughter’s significant other. I am fascinated by the quality of interactive adventure games and I predict that this type of [...]

Posted 26 December 2002 † grabe § General ‡ Comments (0) °

Nothing to do over break?

Use the Internet to look up the quality of your old high schools or schools in your community. GreatSchools.Net provides a database of schools and offers achievement data (from 2000), information on the student body (ethnicity, basic SES), information on advanced courses, and contact information. I don’t know what to think of this site. I [...]

Posted 24 December 2002 † grabe § General ‡ Comments (0) °

New Meta-Analysis

The National Science Foundation reports that a new review – Effects of Using Instructional Technology in Elementary and Secondary Schools: What controlled evaluation studies say – is soon to be released. This meta-analysis summarizes “quality” studies from the 1990s. The summary of the summary suggests that ILSs (integrated learning systems) have proven benefits, but science [...]

Posted 22 December 2002 † grabe § General ‡ Comments (0) °

Listserv error

INSEAutoreply to Autoreply to Autoreply to Autoreply to Autoreply to Autoreply to Autoreply to Autoreply to Re: 3.2.3 Update mentioned on VersionTracker? If you are leaving for the holidays, here is something you should avoid (see above). Do not set your email account to inform others that you will be away from the office. If [...]

Posted 20 December 2002 † grabe § General ‡ Comments (0) °