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		<title>Using Data</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I already love using Cooliris for my presentations because it does such an excellent job with image/presentation manipulation.
Now I find out about Microsoft&#8217;s Pivot and begin wondering about it in terms of data and education.
So many interesting possibilities&#8230;

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		<title>Link Post: March 4</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Daniel Pink on Carrots and Sticks&#8230;a long article getting at the science of motivation and how school policy is going in the opposite direction of what the science says.
1 to 1 computing programs is only as effective their teachers&#8230;and this is a surprise?
Won a battle, still loosing the war&#8230;if you haven&#8217;t already seen OK Go&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://misterv.net/archives/351</link>
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		<title>Blackboard Wiki</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A good chunk of my work&#8230;
http://bit.ly/ohblackboard
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		<link>http://misterv.net/archives/353</link>
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		<title>what should be</title>
		<description><![CDATA[My conversations with colleagues and parents sometimes get into what computer skills schools should teach students. The conversations are almost always contain this bit of dialogue.
&#8220;We need to have Microsoft Office on student computers?&#8221;
&#8220;Why?&#8221;
&#8220;Because they&#8217;ll need it when they get into the real world.&#8221;
Setting aside the fact that we have no idea what the &#8220;real [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://misterv.net/archives/341</link>
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		<title>Link Post: February 19</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Grand Unified Theory of N00bs&#8230;an incredible article on people who just don&#8217;t get basic computer concepts. This one&#8217;s important from a school district&#8217;s perspective (as in how the district interacts with the community). Additionally, part of the article very thoughtfully tackles why computer education in schools is terrible (for a bit more of my 2 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to write an awesome blog post</title>
		<description><![CDATA[From Arun Basil Lal&#8230;too good not to share.

How To Write An Awesome Blog Post
View more presentations from Arun Basil Lal.


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		<title>Link Post: January 8</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Fewer high school students take computer education classes&#8230;American high school students typically have a wide understanding of technology, but a very shallow comprehension of it as well. This bodes ill for our future (and how much do I wish I&#8217;d taken a computer programming class in high school).
And the NY Times writes about how Computer [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://misterv.net/archives/316</link>
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		<title>On a personal note&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This blog&#8217;s been quiet because my wife and I traveled to Colombia to adopt our 2 daughters, Monica and Kelly, and I haven&#8217;t had time for follow the tech/education news. But I&#8217;m now back at work and ready to contribute!






From A day at the River



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		<link>http://misterv.net/archives/331</link>
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		<title>The Future of Textbooks/Education</title>
		<description><![CDATA[With all the rumors and hype of Tablets being the Next Big Thing in technology, here&#8217;s a very fascinating video/commercial demonstrating how a tablet (or a smart phone?) could be used in the classroom.

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		<link>http://misterv.net/archives/327</link>
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		<title>The future of the internet: Semantic Web</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A glimpse at the next step for the internet.

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