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Oh the Irony! Oh the Irony!
Astrological Magazine to close due to “unforseen circumstances.” What could be funnier than that! I am including the screenshot above…
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AACTE Major Forum on TPCK AACTE Major Forum on TPCK
Matt and I will be at New Orleans in a few weeks presenting at a major forum organized as a…
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The Three Oddest Words The Three Oddest Words
A poem by Wislawa Szymborska Translated by S. Baranczak & C. Cavanagh When I pronounce the word Future, the first…
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The Innocent The Innocent
I first read Ian McEwan many years ago (in the 80’s I think) when he wrote grim and macabre novels…
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Recreating D-Day… Recreating D-Day…
… on a shoe-string budget. Three designers and a big empty beach, see the results!
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The perception of taste The perception of taste
A new study (with brain scanning no less) indicates that the more expensive the wine the better it tastes. As…
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Handbook of TPCK Handbook of TPCK
Handbook of Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPCK) for Educators, Edited by The AACTE Committee on Innovation and Technology A Co-Publication…
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Palindromic Poetry Palindromic Poetry
A few years ago I got bitten by the bug of Palindromic Poetry – poems that double back on themselves,…
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Jean Baker Jean Baker
Jean BakerColleague and Friend In MemoriamSo runs my dream, but what am I?An infant crying in the nightAn infant crying…
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Mishra & Koehler, 2006 Mishra & Koehler, 2006
The Mishra & Koehler (2006) article is the first and somewhat definitive presentation of the TPCK framework. The complete reference…
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TPCK, in the news TPCK, in the news
The TPCK work by Matt Koehler & myself is featured in the Winter 2008 issue of the New Educator, the…
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World’s cheapest car (ever) World’s cheapest car (ever)
Story in Reason Online about the Tata Nano, the cheapest car the world, or actually as the article seeks to…
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Chimp number sense… Chimp number sense…
A video, brought to you by Slate, titled “How smart are chimps?” I apologize in advance for the commercial at…
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Of ballots and names… Of ballots and names…
Jon Krosnick, a professor at Stanford, argues that Hillary Clinton’s surprise victory in the New Hampshire primary (contrary to what…
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The Reluctant Fundamentalist The Reluctant Fundamentalist
An essay by Mohsin Hamid (titled My reluctant fundamentalist) about the process of writing his novel “The reluctant fundamentalist.” What…
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A certain ambiguity A certain ambiguity
A Certain Ambiguity: A Mathematical Novel is a book written by two of my high school friends, Gaurav Suri and…
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Election 2.0 Election 2.0
An op-ed in today’s NYTimes by William Poundstone about how the web can be used during an election to prevent…
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Scrivener vs. Writer Scrivener vs. Writer
A NYTimes article on word-processing versus writing (or scrivenering??): An interface of one’s own. What stood out was this description…
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Transplanted Man Transplanted Man
I just finished reading Transplanted Man by Sanjay Nigam. A strange but entirely fascinating and satisfying novel with quirky and…
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IQ & jobs… IQ & jobs…
Here is a webpage tabulating the IQ distribution of various jobs. Just from a selfish point of view