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Your Upcoming Conferences 1 Reply
I'm interested in knowing what conferences and events our members will be attending in the next few months. It would be fun to find out that several in our group are going to the same conferences, ...
Started by Marla Coffey in General. Last reply by Bonnie Bracey Sutton 8 hours ago.
One to one laptop classrooms work - but you have to use authentic assessment to see it 3 Replies
Recently I completed an evaluation of a one-to-one laptop program involving over 12,000 students in over 100 schools. The results? Standardized test scores show mixed results, but student engagemen...
Tagged: education, 1-to-1, one to one, laptop
Started by Jason Ohler in Education. Last reply by Jason Ohler 16 hours ago.
New York Times moves archives to Epsilen LMS
Here's an interesting combination of technology, journalism, education, and commerce--using an LMS (learning management system, typically used for online courses and increasingly for business commu...
Tagged: System, mashup, Epsilen, Management, Learning
Started by Marla Coffey in General Oct 30.
Innovate open source journal closing 1 Reply
I'm not sure how this escaped me... The Chronicle of Higher Education reports that Innovate is closing its doors. What significance do you think this has, if any? I'm thinking not just from the s...
Tagged: publishing, source, open, innovate
Started by Marla Coffey in General. Last reply by Reid Cornwell Oct 29.
Can you be smart and still be happy?
A wise man once said "You can be smart and still be happy." To help test this hypothesis, please feel free to post your favorite jokes and funny stories here, even if they are discipline-specific....
Started by Marla Coffey in General Oct 25.
Internet and HR-Hiring and performance reviews online 1 Reply
I'm reading a chapter on Human Resources management right now, which touches on web-based screening of applicants (Monster, etc.) as well as web-based performance appraisals (Halogen's eAppraisal a...
Tagged: appraisal, evaluation, performance, employment, resources
Started by Marla Coffey in General. Last reply by Marla Coffey Oct 24.
Realizing the Social Internet: Online Social Networking Meets Offline Social Capital?
Does Internet use have the potential to build social capital? Emerging evidence suggests that politically knowledgeable, interpersonally trusting, and civically engaged individuals share particular...
Tagged: capital, youth, social, knowledge, MySpace
Started by Managing Editor in Politics Oct 15.
NSF Digital Government Project Summary
Andrea Kavanaugh, Virginia Polytechnical Institute: In localities with established community computer networks, interested citizens have been using a variety of online tools to interact with gover...
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Started by Managing Editor in Politics Oct 14.
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Education Reform: Wrong Diagnosis, So Wrong Cure
Education Reform: Wrong Diagnosis, So Wrong Cure
When "Race to the Top" fails, as it will, the main reason won’t be any of those currently being advanced by the corporate interests and politicians now running the education show. It won’t fail because of lack of academic rigor, poor teaching, weak administrators, too-short school year, union resistance, differing state standards, insufficient performance incentives, sorry teacher training, or li… Continue
Posted by Marion Brady on November 6, 2009 at 2:30am
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