I am often asked about the adoption of Chromebooks and have spent months agonizing how to respond. This article offers food for thought to teachers, administrators, school board members, and policy…
Fascinating article, I’ve always felt that I’d rather do interesting things on native appplication as opposed to a browser. I’ve not spent enough time with chromebooks to agree or disagree but plenty of provocations here.
Tech’s push to teach coding isn’t about kids’ success – it’s about cutting wages much tweeted but well worth a read. Especially the point about neoliberal school reform.
Brilliant digital literacy lesson Idle Words: Anatomy of a Moral Panic via @adactio
Let's look again at Blogging 1.x, which Dave (dad of 1999.io, which I'm using here) led, starting in the last millennium. I was one of Dave's earliest users, blogging at doc.weblogs.com, which is still up, thanks to Dave's durable code and the hosting largesse of Jake Savin (@jsavin).
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Some projects just seem to stand above the rest, because of the complexity of the work, polish of the finished product, and unique premise tying it all together. Instagif, created by Abhishek Singh, is one of those projects where everything seems to have come together perfectly. It’s a mechatronics engineering marvel, and Singh is able to really showcase his interdisciplinary chops with it.
👍🔗 Amazing: I made a camera that prints a GIF instantly
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The web is inherently decentralized, which has made it much easier for large companies to create large, centralized platforms. It’s a paradox and very thorny. I’m writing this on a centralized platform called Medium. Clap!
Reading and commenting on blog posts, however, is an inherently social act carried out on a range of scales.
👍 love this: Flip the iceberg | Manton Reece
