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CollaNotes
I was reading this post from Jonathan Wylie describing note taking apps for the iPad and encountered an app that was new to me. The app was CollaNote and I now recommend it to anyone exploring note taking apps. The … Continue reading
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UND esports
The University of North Dakota is starting an esports BA. It looks to me like the program is mostly a combination of existing courses with a few new specialized courses. I worked at UND for many years before my retirement … Continue reading
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No benefit from test data
This research summary from Hechinger is likely to get a lot of attention and a lot of different interpretations. The review of multiple studies asked the question what was the value of educators reviewing data from standardized tests evaluating student … Continue reading
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Old Reader
Following my most recent post, I was doing a little reading about Google Reader. Among other things, I learned that supporters have attempted to launch a very similar product and called it Old Reader. I have been giving it a … Continue reading
Creeping consolidation
I recommend your attention to the first 45 minutes or so of this This Week in Tech podcast. The episode begins with comments on several major “music” sites paying for exclusive rights to popular podcasts and then focuses on these … Continue reading
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Surveilling learners?
I stumbled into a heated Twitter discussion last night. Thinking back, after some of the political interactions I have had over the past year or so, the interaction was kind of cute. I am trying to reconstruct the interactions this … Continue reading