I just read an article in the NYT about how some Shanghai MS students came out on top of 65 other countries in some standardized math tests. They explain their emphasis on discipline and wrote learning, discuss how the Chinese culture has effected their outlook on education and even briefly how confucianism had a role in [...]
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As I mentioned in my previous post, I saw Lucy Gray present at the ICE COLD conference this past weekend. During her presentation on using Google Tools in the classroom, she touched on Google Reader, RSS in general, and some recommendations for best practices surrounding RSS. One thing that caught my attention was her recommendation [...]
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This past Saturday I attended the 2008 ICe COLD Mini-Conference in Lisle, IL. It was a three hour, three session conference with what I’d estimate to be between 30 and 40 attendees. At $5 for non-ICE member and $3 for members, it was a bargain. The first session I went to was on using Wikis [...]
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