Month: March 2006
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Wikipedia vs. Nature?
In December (2005), the journal Nature conducted a scientific study of the accuracy of scientific entries in Wikipedia (on online, free & editable encyclopedia) vs. Encyclopedia Brittanica. You can view the original results here. Yesterday, Encyclopedia Brittanica struck back, with this lengthy press release. Ultimately, they requested Nature to retract their article. A summary of…
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You Are What You Post
You Are What You Post by Michelle Conlin This Yahoo Finance article discusses the fact that “that there is no such thing as an eraser on the Internet.” In times where our students are posting personal and provacative information about themselves in healthy does to sites such as MySpace and Xanga, this surely offers a…
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A New Digital Divide
“In the summer of 2004, technology and education innovators and visionaries convened in Big Sky, Montana, to explore the challenges affecting the introduction of technology to improve the teaching and learning of science. In particular, they explored what educational leaders know about applying technology to improve the quality of science education for all students, and…
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How Shatner Changed the World
Tonight, I accidentally stumbled upon a show on The History Channel entitled “How William Shatner Changed the World”. As a Star Trek fan (but not a full-fledged Trekkie), my interest was immediately grabbed. Based on his book “I’m Working on That”, Shatner hosts and narrates a show that postulates how Star Trek has influenced the…
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Ready to Upgrade?
The cover story for NEA Today’s March issue is entitled Ready to Upgrade?, which discusses using technology in the classroom. If you missed the last issue, you can also catch the story at http://www.nea.org/neatoday/0603/coverstory.html The article has ideas for integrating technology at the elementary, middle and high school levels. Specifically, it discusses the use of…
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Convention Invigoration
Just getting home today from our annual Wisconsin Society of Science Teacher’s Convention, I am quite invigorated to get back into the classroom to try out some new ideas. It’s amazing how re-energizing it can be to be around people who are passionate about education, and are willing to share their ideas to everyone (what…
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