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I read a very nice set of arguments for the merger from an Elluminate employee here. However I believe the arguments have a few fallacies: Argument that Elluminate is too small to compete and the only way to increase competition is to decrease the number of firms. Sounds like reverse logic. In order to provide [...]
In reading the news about Blackboard’s take over of Elluminate and Wimba (on the heel of the take over of WebCT and ANGEL), I got a little fired up and decided to check out Blackboard’s public financial statements. I have prepared an argument against any institution choosing Blackboard based on this information: 1. Most of [...]
Just finished a nice high school English e-portfolio project (I am going to drop the e for the rest of the post). Here is a page with links to the student work http://www.english2010.com. The project had two parts: a group portfolio, of mostly new work, and an individual portfolio, reflecting on work done during the [...]
This post is inspired by the comments by Mark who criticized 21 century learning and ed tech as hype on the blog linked below. It started as a comment and then kind of grew, so I finished it here. http://philly-teacher.blogspot.com/2010/05/politics-and-education.html I think the very fact that I can read the blog linked above and write [...]
May
CHS Tech Meeting
CHS Tech Notes Half day Vision Thing on Tuesday May 25th 12ish-4ish Can CHS admin make it? Topics? Role of Tech Comm What is Ed Tech? COWs vs labs vs Pods vs N computing – access, support, long term sustainability Summer Priorities Analyze Tech Survey Budgeting – the formula needs updating Updates Site wide [...]