Archive for December, 2006

• The Education Wonks: The Rise Of The Teaching Machines? – Thoughts And Ideas Freely Exchanged

  Date: 2006.12.18 | Category: General | Response: 0

  The Education Wonks: The Rise Of The Teaching Machines? – Thoughts And Ideas Freely Exchanged

  I’m not sure that this is it, but something like it will be useful, someday.

• Reading Rockets : Ten Myths About Learning to Read

  Date: 2006.12.10 | Category: Education, Educational Psychology, General | Response: 0

  Reading Rockets : Ten Myths About Learning to Read

  Nice summary, based largely on Phil Gough’s ideas (not that there’s anything wrong with that). I’d probably quibble a bit with #7 and #8, but to a first approximation and for instructional purposes, a useful summary of some important myths about reading.

• Reading thousands of books is not as useful as travelling for a thousand miles

  Date: 2006.12.10 | Category: China, General | Response: 0

  Oneaday
  Reading thousands of books is not as useful as travelling for a thousand miles

• Subcam

  Date: 2006.12.08 | Category: General | Response: 0

  Saadi Lahlou – subcam is something I need to check out.

  here’s some more information

• Elan

  Date: 2006.12.08 | Category: General | Response: 0

  I’m spending the day at the University of Chicago at a workshop organized by Bennett Bertenthal and his SIDgrid project.

  I need to check out this tool when I get home: Elan, from MPI-Netherlands.