Guest Thinkers — February 16, 2011 Most popular posts – October 2010 Scott McLeod Copy a link to the article entitled http://Most%20popular%20posts%20–%20October%202010 Share Most popular posts – October 2010 on Facebook Share Most popular posts – October 2010 on Twitter Share Most popular posts – October 2010 on LinkedIn These posts got the most web traffic on my two blogs in October 2010:Dangerously IrrelevantVideos – I hate my teacher12 videos to spark educators’ thinkingWe can’t let educators off the hookWill libraries still exist?What I ask of SLA teachers [guest post]How much math do you really need in everyday life?Video – Did You Know? 4.0What are our excuses, again, for not putting computers in the hands of our children?Tools for school – Digital document annotation on an iPad, iPod Touch, or laptopBolman & Deal frameworks Mind DumpThere’s a thin line between words and woundsOnly a rich white person would say something this stupid?The most illiterate discussion ever regarding student learning?Don’t hold grudgesWhen you argue with an idiotIt’s no wonder school-age students are still lugging home pounds of textbooksNot a single suggestion for improving my teaching. Ever.Steven Weber: Would I want my child in this classroom?The Daily Show takes on the education crisisAmerica throws out some of the best innovators in the world
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The Well Un-sabotage yourself with intrinsic motivation From marketing to social media, today’s world preys on your values. Here’s how to reclaim them and find true happiness. ▸ 6 min — with Johann Hari
More accountants are leaving the field than joining. What’s going on? More CPAs are retiring than are joining the field. What’s going on? Forensic accountant Kelly Richmond Pope explains. ▸ 4 min — with Kelly Richmond Pope
13.8 James Webb Space Telescope finds promising life chemistry on a strange world Scientists have detected the somewhat smelly chemical dimethyl sulfide on a planet 120 light-years from Earth.
Hard Science How to recycle plastic with enzymes It’s early days, but if the efforts can be efficiently scaled-up, such biological recycling could put a dent in the plastic waste problem.
Guest Thinkers In the beginning, educator technology usage may not be very pretty Joe Bower asked if showing teachers how to make self-graded quizzes for students using Google Docs had any value. Specifically, he said: When technology is used to accelerate the worst […]