- Finally! Google Cloud Connect for Microsoft Office http://ow.ly/42UeX #edtech #
- Just registered for free: "Virtual Worlds Best Practices in Education 2011" #VWBPE11 http://t.co/NCfuSta via @eventbrite #edtech #edchat #
- Libyan leader shows us what it was like to write and read in Elizabethan times http://ow.ly/41JNR #engchat #
- We need more research like this: Amount of profanity in git commit messages per programming language http://ow.ly/41PpQ (via @lousylinguist) #
- 70 Excellent Links for Dyslexia Support http://ow.ly/41Oi5 #dyslexia (via http://technodys.blogspot.com by @technodys) #
- Popular Linguistics » Table of Contents http://ow.ly/41JMa #
- New on MetaphorHacker.net: Literally: Triumph of pet peeve over matter http://j.mp/dEDDHJ #
- Suggested motto for any reform: "There are no solutions, just decisions." Courtesy of http://ow.ly/41vWT #edchat #
- We talk about obstacles to reform in education as if all reform is good. There are reforms that need obstacles: http://ow.ly/41vCD #edchat #
- RT @metaphorhacker: I like the idea of leveling up in games as a model for an alternative to grading. http://ow.ly/41tVb #edchat #
- RT @edtechsteve: I think "real" reform might only be possible if students lead the way. #edchat #
- Alison Wolf showed that having had a job is more important to getting a job than education. What to reform, then? http://ow.ly/41vpk #edchat #
- Education doesn't happen before life but alongside life. Don't try to reform it to solve societal problems. Reform society instead! #edchat #
- RT @ian23505: Headlines are dominated by all that is wrong, which is a small % of the whole of education. #edchat #
- We should try to solve proximate rather than ultimate problems with reforms. Feed the poor. Don't teach them fishing. #edchat #
- Perhaps we should read The Manufactured Crisis before launching into full-scale reform. http://ow.ly/41vaX #edchat #
- RT @fliegs: Tossing money to schools will help in the short run. Tossing money into solving poverty-related problems will work #edchat #
- @lousylinguist Historically the problems with ed-tech has been that they only improved a fraction of the overall learning process. #edchat in reply to lousylinguist #
- @lousylinguist Agree. But even the impact of tools is often overstated. Videos in the classroom, computers, CD-ROMs, iPads, …? #edchat in reply to lousylinguist #
- One of the factors hindering reforms according to Tyack&Cuban is the persistence of the "grammar of schooling" http://ow.ly/41uQt #edchat #
- "Tinkering toward Utopia" great read on the challenges facing educational reform going back over a century http://ow.ly/41uNP #edchat #
- Can you name one successful educational reform since the introduction of the blackboard? #edchat #
- RT @kylepace: @stumpteacher Tonight's #edchat topic: What are the real issues surrounding Education Reform? #
- @Zendesk My problem is: don't need all the features of lowest plan but need some from higher ones. Can only afford lowest plan. #
- Just trying out Zendesk. So far, not impressed with prices or functionality. OS Ticket or HESK seem better solutions. Any others? #edtech #
- Why schools are not like restaurants: The most ridiculous metaphor courtesy of an economics professor http://ow.ly/3ZUcM #edchat #
- Religion is a recent invention – great analysis on http://ow.ly/410NP #
- The virtual linguist: International Mother Language Day 2011 http://ow.ly/410ee #engchat #
- Must read for Chrome lovers: 7 Chrome Annoyances and How to Fix Them http://ow.ly/40y3m #edtech #
- Hilarious pictures on http://literal.ly (even if lots are figurative). Adobe Photoshop one of the best: http://ow.ly/40xBV. #engchat #
- Is new technology going to make lectures obsolete? http://ow.ly/3ZWks < No, but it can make the great ones more accessible. #edchat #
- New on Researchity: Sharing without community is just piling stuff up http://j.mp/elccXX #
- New on MetaphorHacker.net: The most ridiculous metaphor of education courtesy of an economics professor #edchat http://j.mp/fQq2mY #
- Neil Gaiman on copyright: "Nobody who would have bought your book is not buying it because they can find it for free." http://ow.ly/3ZQUz #
- "humans are often surprisingly bad at [speech recognition] http://ow.ly/3ZCI8 < Language is not a perfect amazing tool! It just gets us by! #
- "Maybe we should have listened to Cliff [Geertz]…when he kept emphasizing that humans don't look like goats" http://ow.ly/3ZCzF #funny #
- Don't forget to register for free webinar next Thursday: Assistive Technologies: Why pay? by Ian Smythe http://ow.ly/3YoO6 #edchat #dyslexia #
- Just tried to transfer a single MP3 file to iPhone, Blackberry and Android from a new computer? Android wins by hours! #android #edtech #
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