What We're Reading
Check out this very good, and thorough, article from the New York Times (7-21-2010) on personal, sociological, legal, and ethical considerations of a Web 2.0/3.0 world of social networking, digital presence, and privacy: http://ow.ly/2qO6y
Der Spiegel Online has an interesting article that gives a different perspective on the use of the Internet by young people - refuting the veracity of the so -called "Internet Generation": The Internet Generation Prefers the Real World. What do you think?
eSchool News reports on the US Department of Education's ED Data Express web site, an interactive site intended to be a go-to point for sorting and comparison of educational data across the U.S.
Read the eSN article: New web site makes education data easier to find—and use
Go directly to the Dept. of Ed site: ED Data Express
The Center for Study of Mathematics Curriculum (CSMC) recently released its report on a series of workshops conducted in 2009-2010, and sponsored by the National Science Foundation ("Blue Sky" workshops). The workshops focus was on STEM Learning Design particularly applied to young students and adolescents, and to identify, make recommendations, and capitalize on opportunities to revamp curriculum development based on new technologies and innovations in approach. The report is available at
Check out the CNN story: could see some great sites in the northern sky...(though it's raining where I am - hope the clouds clear off...)
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