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 (X) 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
Thinking The great free will debate featuring Michio Kaku and Steven Pinker Who — or what — really controls your mind?
The Past The largest accidental explosion of all time More than a century ago, Halifax suffered an accidental blast one-fifth the size of the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima.
High Culture 6 great books with wildly unreliable narrators Dive into the twisted truths and concealed realities told by literature’s most unreliable narrators.
The Well Signs you’re burned out — and how to bounce back If you don’t feel better after the weekend, the “burnout paradox” could explain why. ▸ 7 min — with Laurie Santos
Starts With A Bang The trick to instantly identifying JWST images If you can identify a foreground star, the spike patterns are a dead giveaway as to whether it’s a JWST image or any other observatory.
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 […]