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This article first appeared in the Eduk8me newsletter. Be sure to subscribe to be the first to get articles such as this. There are some of us who wear busyness as a badge of honor, the the research shows that there are diminishing returns for the length of time you work on a project. While crunch…
Sharing: Settling in education
Are We Settling? During this year’s March Madness tournament, I could not help but notice an ad campaign by DirecTV called, The Settlers, which plays on the word, presenting a frontier-era family in a suburban neighborhood who stick to antiquated ways such as a horse-and-buggy, making their own clothes, faceless dolls, and…cable TV. Although I…
Doing great work
This article first appeared in the Eduk8me newsletter. Be sure to subscribe to be the first to get articles such as this. This past week was the anniversary of the death of Steve Jobs. While some may love him, others may hate him, but no matter what, he left his mark on the world. I…
Sharing: Is Google teaching us anything? {via @josepicardoSHS}
Is Google teaching us anything? – Shooting Azimuths In his book The Shallows, Nicholas Carr suggests that the internet is making us dumber. Carr finds that the vast amount of hyperlinked information available on the internet means that depth of knowledge has given way to shallowness. Casually disregarding the internet’s arguably most significant feature, Carr…
ⓔ Please, please, PLEASE stop recording vertical video
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The forgetting curve
This article first appeared in the Eduk8me newsletter. Be sure to subscribe to be the first to get articles such as this. Ebbinghaus’ forgetting curve was postulated in the late 19th century by the German Psychologist Hermann Ebbinghaus. He tested his memory to see when he started to forget things he has learned. After he…
