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for the love of learning: Abolishing Grading
A list of Joe Bower’s blog posts about assessment and abolishing grading
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Why the Raspberry Pi 2 is my main computer | SQLGene – Learning SQL Slowly
Trying to figure out the Pi and my life
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For Some Schools, Learning Doesn’t Stop On Snow Days : NPR Ed : NPR
“But he admits there is a point of diminishing returns, which he noticed during a recent string of snow days.
“You know, the first day we had about 100 percent of the kids involved in e-learning,” Walker says. “Well, then, after the fourth day, we were down to about 55 percent of the children.”
On the fifth snow day, Walker gave kids and teachers a free pass: No e-learning today.
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Snow day? – Jonathan D. Becker, J.D., Ph.D.
Musing about snow days and learning
Category Archives: Of Interest
Of Interest (weekly)
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Python For Beginners | Python.org
Just got to Chapter 4 in the Raspberry Pi introductory book
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Raspberry Pi – Teach, Learn, and Make with Raspberry Pi
Finally spent some quality time with my pi
Of Interest (weekly)
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Brett Harned (@brettharned) | Twitter
Shares decent resources and also invites conversation around DPM, his particular area of expertise
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Cheri Essner, PMP (@CheriEssner) | Twitter
Useful resources shared; ideas around leadership more than just management
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Susanne Madsen (@SusanneMadsen) | Twitter
Shares some good article links
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Steven Baker, PMP (@STEVEPMP) | Twitter
Links to great articles but also provides comments…not just a retweeter
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Girl’s Guide to PM | Because Teams Get Work Done
It says girls in the title but I think it’s OK if boys look, too.
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Dux Raymond Sy (@meetdux) | Twitter
He pointed me to the article on email.
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Advice From the Man Who Sent the First Email: Step Away from the Inbox – Nextgov.com
A lesson for all of us, I think, about setting priorities. Email allows others to claim your time and seems like a priority when it often can wait.
Consumed (weekly)
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SpeEdChange: Changing Gears 2012: social networking beyond Zuckerbergism
“So let’s try something different. Let’s join together, in all of our learning spaces, with as little hierarchy as we overtrained animals can muster. Maybe we’ll discover something.”
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Learning {RE}imagined – Noam Chomsky on Technology & Learning
A gentle reminder from Chomsky that we don’t necessarily live in the MOST interesting times. Historical view of technological change helps provide some perspective on past times of technological change.
Consumed 11/22/2013
Resources related to my reading of Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore: