The American Psychological Association has joined the discussion of teacher preparation. APA’s position is critical of the “soft science” that has typified recent research (the 1990s) and urges a return to student performance outcome studies of the 1970-1980s. “Legislators and the public have become interested in results again (p. 51).
I started blogging using a product from Pyra called Blogger Pro. This was an inexpensive subscription service that was an upgrade from the free Blogger product. I was recently notified by Pyra that the Pro version was being discontinued and the extra capabilities were being made available for free. They are sending me a sweatshirt in compensation for the subscription fee. If you are interested in creating a blog, we have always recommended Blogger.Com and now the potential of this service is even greater.
Wonder how online services can be offered at no cost? Me too! Often the answer is that the service incorporates ads in some way. This does not seem to be a big part of the Blogger strategy. Blogger has been purchased by Google and the connection with Google is somehow responsible for the change in policy.