Calif. Principal Teaches Student Reporters a Lesson
One of the unanticipated consequences of the internet on education: students digging up past dirt on their teachers. This story describes the efforts of some students at Venice High School (California) to confirm long-standing rumours about one of their teacher's past. Online sources, including magazine articles and court records, led them to the story of the teacher's affair with an actor the year he was 17 and she 29. More...
'Rewiring the Brain' for Better Reading Skills
'Rewiring the Brain' for Better Reading Skills
One day the term 'online learning' may refer to the state of the brain, not the state of the computer. Just kidding. But the trend toward "brain-based learning" is gaining momentum, and to a certain degree with good reason, because our understanding of neural processes can lead a long way toward an effective pedagogy. More...
Microsoft, Google may go Head-to-head
Microsoft, Google may go Head-to-head
I imagine that the good people at Google always knew that this day was coming. They solidified their brand. They established a positive cash flow. They have cultivated an image of "doing good." And they did not burn their reserves with a premature IPO. More...
A Feature or a Bug; SCORM and Cross Domain Scripting
A Feature or a Bug; SCORM and Cross Domain Scripting
Survey article documenting an 'issue' in SCORM previously documented in these pages: its inability to support cross domain interaction. More...
Intel's Education Odyssey
Intel's Education Odyssey
Now up to Day 300, Intel's Education Odyssey features stories of innovation in schools. For example, today's story - which caught the interest of the blogging community, describes the day a blog was first used in the classroom. It's a resource base almost overwhelming in its scope. More...
Dubai School Wins ISO Certificate
Dubai School Wins ISO Certificate
It would be nice to know more about the school in question, described in the article as one which "focuses heavily on building state of the art infrastructure, integrating information technology in the classroom and facilitating innovations in curriculum transaction." How is it funded, for example, and how well. More...
Human-Computer Interaction: A Review of the Research on its Affective and Social Aspects
Human-Computer Interaction: A Review of the Research on its Affective and Social Aspects
This paper surveys the rrsults from a couple dozen studies of human-computer interaction (HCI). The more I read such studies the less reliable I think they are, but that's a subject for aother day. More...
Using Multiple Intelligence Theory in the Virtual Classroom
Using Multiple Intelligence Theory in the Virtual Classroom
Given a list of Gardner's multiple intelligences (MI) that describe various learning styles, and given a fairly common sense understanding of the range and capacities of various learning technologies, it is fairly straightforward to construct the list in this article, matching technologies to intelligences. More...
Flesh and Machines: The Mere Assertions of Rodney Brooks
Flesh and Machines: The Mere Assertions of Rodney Brooks
Since the day Newton announced that matter and energy are governed by immutable physical laws, the suggestion that humans are nothing more than matter and energy has raised the question of how a 'mere machine' could possess free will or consciousness. More...
Internet Sparks a Copyright Fire
Internet Sparks a Copyright Fire
Overview article of the copyright debate, included here only because the bias is so easy to demonstrate. More...