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  • Getting around the roadblocks – rebelling kids

    One of the worst kept secrets in schools is that kids get around the firewalls, filters and everything else the network admins and parents do to stop them from getting at sites that they are not supposed to. But how do they do that? Well they use circumventors sites like this one – Peacefire. Of…

  • Clicking into school

    Until things hit the mainstream media, it seems that admins are often reluctant to dive into a new way of doing things (not wanting to be first and all that). So this article from the New York Times, is a real blessing for those who are trying to get SRS/clickers into their schools, departments or…

  • the sniffer

    If you are interested in a podcast that will help distill your mountain of feeds and help you anticipate some trends (at least so far), check out the sniffer.

  • The zombie PowerPoint

    While working through the ideas and content that are to be part of a new course, I casually asked the question as to how content was going to be presented to students. Along with several other media, PowerPoint came up. This did not surprise me until I realized that, like many other courses, .ppt has…

  • The Millenials (nee Google) Generation may not really be Digital Natives afterall

    Ars, not usually a place to look for reviews for things other than technology posted this report out of the UK about the Google Generation. Essentially… they are not the computer gods that the generations before them are fearing them to be. I’m thinking Ars is chuckling about this in a way, maintaining some level…