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Guest Thinkers — February 16, 2011

Most popular posts – October 2010

These posts got the most web traffic on my two blogs in October 2010:

Dangerously Irrelevant

Videos – I hate my teacher

12 videos to spark educators’ thinking

We can’t let educators off the hook

Will 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? 4.0

What 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 laptop

Bolman & Deal frameworks

Mind Dump

There’s a thin line between words and wounds

Only a rich white person would say something this stupid?

The most illiterate discussion ever regarding student learning?

Don’t hold grudges

When you argue with an idiot

It’s no wonder school-age students are still lugging home pounds of textbooks

Not 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 crisis

America throws out some of the best innovators in the world

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It’s the very closest stars to us that hold the key to unlocking the possibilities for life in star systems all throughout the Universe.

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Acne is a “disease of Western civilization.” Is overwashing to blame?

People living in non-industrialized societies don’t get pimples.

Deepfake audio has a tell

Researchers use fluid dynamics to spot artificial imposter voices.

changesite

China has discovered a brand new Moon mineral

It could one day fuel nuclear fusion reactors.

7 great but notoriously hard-to-finish books

These hard-to-finish books are still worth the effort.

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