ZDNet Education: “WikiLeaks’ impact on foreign policy is considerable, even as we struggle to fully understand the magnitude of their latest disclosures. However, for our students, the questions of ethics and digital citizenship will need to be addressed right now.”
Archive for November, 2010
What do we tell our students about WikiLeaks?
Posted in Uncategorized on November 30, 2010 |
In Lebanon, a University Strives to Keep Technology Graduates Home
Posted in Uncategorized on November 30, 2010 |
Wired Campus: “Lebanon’s struggle to become technologically competitive echoes tales of woe in many developing nations: With spotty Internet connections and low-paying jobs, Lebanon has been losing its most talented computer scientists to richer nations elsewhere in the Gulf region, where starting salaries are often three times higher, and is also losing them to Western countries.”
Exam Questions: Outsourcing vs. Crowdsourcing
Posted in Uncategorized on November 30, 2010 |
ProfHacker: “Last week, academic scandal-mongers were treated to an unusual spectacle at the University of Central Florida: What at first looked like a juicy incident of mass cheating turned out, on closer inspection, to also point up a less-attractive aspect of contemporary pedagogy: the reliance on publisher-provided test banks for exam questions.”
Use Chrome Extension Stylebot For More Readable Web Pages
Posted in Uncategorized on November 30, 2010 |
ProfHacker: “If you find yourself frustrated by web pages that are difficult to read because of poor color choices, cluttered layout, a small font size, or other design problems, then Stylebot–an extension for the Chrome web browser–just might be the solution you’re looking for.”
High School Students and Technology
Posted in Uncategorized on November 30, 2010 |
Inside Higher Ed: “I’m going to ask for 7 and 45 seconds of your time (believe me, I know this is asking for a lot). Please check out this video from the NYT’s ‘Fast Times at Woodside High: How Technology is Distracting Students’.”
Online college classes: An answer to budget shortfalls?
Posted in Uncategorized on November 30, 2010 |
eSchool News: “California’s use of online distance education is ‘limited,’ and campuses across the state should partner with a leading online university to expand students’ access to a college degree through online college classes, according to an extensive review of the state’s college access.”
Blended Learning: A Report on the ELI Focus Session
Posted in Uncategorized on November 30, 2010 |
Educause: “On September 15 and 16, 2010, the ELI teaching and learning community gathered for an online focus session on blended learning. This white paper is a synthesis of the key ideas, themes, and concepts that emerged from those sessions. This white paper also includes links to supporting focus session materials, recordings, and resources. It represents a harvesting of the key elements that we, as a teaching and learning community, need to keep in mind as we work to refine the blended instructional delivery model in higher education.”
Google Earth 6 Improves Street View, Historical Imagery, and Adds (Millions of) 3D Trees
Posted in Uncategorized on November 30, 2010 |
ReadWriteWeb: “Google Earth has always had an incredible ‘wow’ factor. But the newly-released Google Earth 6, in Google’s own words, takes ‘realism in the virtual globe to the next level.’ This version adds two new features, an integrated Street View experience and 3D trees, and also makes it easier to browse historical imagery associated with a specific location.”
