And while you are at it, don't reinvent the wheel.
Contact museums that have some experience with this sort of thing, such as the Exploratorium in San Francisco. Find out what they do. They would be more than happy to help.
Perhaps the survey should have been titled: "Those who like to write tend to be better writers."
The survey designers have put the cart before the horse. The students are not better writers because of their use of new technology, but use new technology because they are better writers and well . . . like to write.
Think about it. Have you ever met a blogger that didn't enjoy writing?
I see this all the time in my classroom. The kids who write better produce more finished copy, and write more often as well. When we type our papers in the computer lab the better writer will complete one paper in the time their neighbor (the poor writer) has typed one sentence. . . and changed the font 43 times.
The truth is: We don't know. Homeschoolers can be fairly secretive (I mean that in a good way) and do not take the same tests as public school children, so there is little with which to compare the two. And you cannot use college admissions as a measure, as there are other factors involved.
In theory, yes. And for mathematics and science, certainly.
But when it comes to the amorphous subject of "language arts", most of the PhD's in the profession haven't a clue. Trust me. When it comes to teaching reading, most teachers know better (as opposed to an academic), as they have a bias for wanting to use what works. Surprising I know, but most first and second grade teachers I know teach exactly the same way: using phonics, choral reading and other proven tools.
Note to academia: stop trying to reinvent the reading wheel.
The APPLE giant, who projects to open his doors with the downtown area of Montreal soon, tried in vain to make remove parking meters in front of his future store. Concerned of its image design, the American firm offered to the Town of Montreal the equivalent of the receipts of these apparatuses considered to be not very aesthetic, is nearly 35 000$ per five years, learned the Press.
Well, err, no. Apple declined as a preferrred education vendor in CA in the 80's, for example, because the subsidies that Steve J. and other vendors worked so hard to put in place (at the CA state level, and mostly for elementary and high school) were phased out as a matter of cost cutting and politics. but ATT, Compaq, whoever also lost the same subsidies. Apple was always more expensive, but without subsidies even more so.
Now at that time, Schools buying PC's were buying packages from a vendor--ed pricing came later--so that's not it either. Remember, you still had to buy the PC hardware, which still cost over 3K per machine (in '80's dollars). The OS was chump change, realtively speaking.
Naah, what killed apple was win 95, plain and simple. Apple didn't slip in performance so much as MS introduced a system that seemed simpler from a biz standpoint. The education market is icing on the cake, not the cake itself--biz is the crown jewel, cash cow, holy grail . . . you get the point.
Umm, more like EGOTISTIC. eBay is now the online auction eqivalent of Microsoft, that they feel the need for protection speaks volumes of their worldview . . . .
As a frequent seller on eBay, I always give feedback once item is paid for. I have run across sellers that holdout for feedback from buyers before they will respond in kind, but that seems backwards to me. If someone bought something from you, give them feedback. Feedback whoring does nobody any good . . . .
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More than likely a horse analogy (when you think about it), but I have no firm proof.
If anyone has solid evidence of the etiology of the phrase, please do share.
Is a decent car analogy.
And while you are at it, don't reinvent the wheel.
Contact museums that have some experience with this sort of thing, such as the Exploratorium in San Francisco. Find out what they do. They would be more than happy to help.
The Mongol Invasion took place in Eastern Europe, not the Middle East.
You of course meant the Crusades, more specifically the Third Crusades.
And yet you misspelled "paid." As an AS kid, you fail.
Hyperbole called, and wants this entire thread back. Irony could not be reached for comment.
I'm not dead yet!"
Perhaps the survey should have been titled: "Those who like to write tend to be better writers."
The survey designers have put the cart before the horse. The students are not better writers because of their use of new technology, but use new technology because they are better writers and well . . . like to write.
Think about it. Have you ever met a blogger that didn't enjoy writing?
I see this all the time in my classroom. The kids who write better produce more finished copy, and write more often as well. When we type our papers in the computer lab the better writer will complete one paper in the time their neighbor (the poor writer) has typed one sentence. . . and changed the font 43 times.
This is quite a setback. Now we'll never find alien life.
Think of the Aliens, please.
Something tells me that bomb builders want hardware that Just Works.
I'd bet on it.
In other news, Energizer announces a purchase of 20% of Facebook's outstanding stock.
The truth is: We don't know. Homeschoolers can be fairly secretive (I mean that in a good way) and do not take the same tests as public school children, so there is little with which to compare the two. And you cannot use college admissions as a measure, as there are other factors involved.
In theory, yes. And for mathematics and science, certainly.
But when it comes to the amorphous subject of "language arts", most of the PhD's in the profession haven't a clue. Trust me. When it comes to teaching reading, most teachers know better (as opposed to an academic), as they have a bias for wanting to use what works. Surprising I know, but most first and second grade teachers I know teach exactly the same way: using phonics, choral reading and other proven tools.
Note to academia: stop trying to reinvent the reading wheel.
I'm a teacher, BTW.
As a non-physicist, I found your comment funny as hell, even if I had no idea of what you were talking about.
Babelfish translation:
The APPLE giant, who projects to open his doors with the downtown area of Montreal soon, tried in vain to make remove parking meters in front of his future store. Concerned of its image design, the American firm offered to the Town of Montreal the equivalent of the receipts of these apparatuses considered to be not very aesthetic, is nearly 35 000$ per five years, learned the Press.
In other words, parking meters are icky.
Summary: Carbon Copy Cloner is teh bomb!
But "close down the internet"? That's just ridiculous.
How about we just burn down the mission instead?
Sorry, couldn't resist.
As if millions of iPods cried out for recharging, and were suddenly silenced.
What does Germany have to do with this?
Well, err, no. Apple declined as a preferrred education vendor in CA in the 80's, for example, because the subsidies that Steve J. and other vendors worked so hard to put in place (at the CA state level, and mostly for elementary and high school) were phased out as a matter of cost cutting and politics. but ATT, Compaq, whoever also lost the same subsidies. Apple was always more expensive, but without subsidies even more so.
Now at that time, Schools buying PC's were buying packages from a vendor--ed pricing came later--so that's not it either. Remember, you still had to buy the PC hardware, which still cost over 3K per machine (in '80's dollars). The OS was chump change, realtively speaking.
Naah, what killed apple was win 95, plain and simple. Apple didn't slip in performance so much as MS introduced a system that seemed simpler from a biz standpoint. The education market is icing on the cake, not the cake itself--biz is the crown jewel, cash cow, holy grail . . . you get the point.
Yeah, hacking a beta would lose you style points . . . . .
What's a modem?
Umm, more like EGOTISTIC. eBay is now the online auction eqivalent of Microsoft, that they feel the need for protection speaks volumes of their worldview . . . .
As a frequent seller on eBay, I always give feedback once item is paid for. I have run across sellers that holdout for feedback from buyers before they will respond in kind, but that seems backwards to me. If someone bought something from you, give them feedback. Feedback whoring does nobody any good . . . .