Nathan Hale High School in Seattle recently caved to the uninformed pressure of a single parent, removing Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World from the curriculum. Sadly, this is not an isolated incident.
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Here are just a few of the articles I found interesting over the past several weeks:
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- iBooks Author – the good, the bad, the wait-and-see
- Monday Morning Roundup (Wikipedia, open Internet exams, math instruction)
- A few interesting posts from the past week
- What is LibreOffice and why should I care?
- Why I’m Not Worried About the Dropbox Security SNAFU
- The Civil War Today iPad app – 4 years of daily updates
- Getting Started with Google Chrome
- Understanding the Mac’s green zoom (+) button
- Google Art Project – This Changes Everything
- Monday Morning Roundup (Algebra, English Language Learners, History for Music Lovers)
- Tony: Well, all the hoopla over the EULA is a moot point. Apple revised and clarified it today: http://www.padgadget.com/2012/02/03/apple-updates-ibooks-aut
- Tony: Here's another post looking at some ideas for using iBook Author: http://mattgemmell.com/2012/01/19/ibooks-ideas/
- Tony: Guess we'll have to agree to disagree. The EULA has been looked at by many, and the consensus is that Apple is defining the "Work" as the item created
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This site is a collection of articles, resources, and tips related to using technology in education. As I run across articles or resources I find interesting, I'll post them here, along with the occasional original article and general technology tips.Copyright © 2009, Tips by Tony. Disclaimer: the views expressed here are my own and in no way represent the views or policies of Visions In Education Charter School.
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