Advertisements Image Credit With technology in schools nothing has changed. Several years ago, I performed some original research about technology in schools (reference). While this
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Technology Enhancement: Fundamentally Flawed
Advertisements Image Credit The use of the term “technology enhancement” is fundamentally flawed. First definitions from dictionary.com: 1.to raise to a higher degree; intensify; magnify; 2.to raise the value or price of. In schools this
Read moreSky Watching June 2012
Advertisements Image Credit The Transit of Venus is the big event this month. A transit occurs when either Mercury or Venus appears to move across
Read moreSolar Eclipse Adventure 2012
Advertisements The May 20, 2012 solar eclipse pulled together four individuals who had studied as planetarium interns at Abrams Planetarium in East Lansing, Michigan. The
Read moreMay 2012 Skywatching
Advertisements Solar Eclipse, December 25, 2000 Photo by Patrick Kuras The sun is eclipsed by the moon on May 20. The eclipse is best seen
Read moreVenus and the Moon, April 24, 2012
Advertisements The moon is higher tonight than last night and closer to Venus. This 15-second exposure, made at 8:35 p.m., includes an airplane that was
Read moreDeregulation of Education 3: Show Me The Money
Advertisements Image Credit Wes Freyer recently reported on a digital learning conference in Oklahoma. In this report he included a video about the money potential
Read moreVenus and the Moon, April 23, 2012
Advertisements Venus and the moon were visible among the clouds in the western sky this evening at 8:45 p.m. in the Chicago area. Jupiter has
Read moreFour Planets in Evening Sky, April 11, 2012
Advertisements During the next several evenings look for 4 planets in the evening sky. Jupiter is rapidly getting lower in the western sky as Venus
Read moreVenus and Jupiter (and the Pleiades and Mars) Tonight, April 5, 2012
Advertisements Clear skies prevailed this evening in the Chicago area with Venus and Jupiter in the west after sunset as shown in the 30-second exposure
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