By Amy Cavender. Many of us have had a lot of practice in planning courses and specific classes. We’re experienced at designing assignments, too. But as more of us experiment with blogging assignments and electronic portfolios, we often find ourselves asking students to do things with tools that they may not be familiar with. More...
Silicon Valley’s Empathy Problem
By Ian P. Beacock. Facebook is no stranger to controversy, but last month the company found itself in a public scrap with its fiercest opponents yet. The cause? Facebook’s decision to delete the accounts of several San Francisco drag queens, enforcing a longstanding policy that users go by their real names on the site. More...

