Advertisements Jupiter and Venus shine brightly this evening from the western sky in this digital photo taken from my backyard. Watch the two planets pass
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Sky Watching, March 2012
Advertisements Moon Phases: Full Moon — 3/8 Last Quarter — 3/14 New Moon — 3/22 First Quarter — 3/30 Daylight Saving Time begins for most
Read moreVenus, Jupiter and the Moon, Feb 2012
Advertisements There’s a bright “you shouldn’t miss this” event occuring during the late February, 2012. The objects are so bright that casual sky watchers can
Read moreTechnology-Rich Classroom is Not Blended Learning
Advertisements A technology-rich classroom is not a blended classroom, according to Heather Staker, Senior Research Fellow at the Innosight Institute, speaking at a recent professional development
Read moreDevelopmental Education
Advertisements Image Credit At a recent SLATE meeting, Blackboard and K12.com presented a Blackboard-branded program about a service for higher education: Developmental education. This is a polished
Read more50 Years: We Should Continue to Count!
Advertisements NASA Photo Today is the 50th anniversary of John Glenn’s space flight. It was a different era, a time of competition for the high frontier.
Read moreTechnology is Distraction in Schools
Advertisements Image Credit Ron Packard of K12.com spoke today at an Illinois Policy Institute program today in Chicago. He thinks technology is a distraction in schools because
Read moreFebruary 2012 Skywatching
Advertisements Orion, winter’s flagship constellation, is in the southern skies during the evening hours of February. The pattern is easily found by locating three stars
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Advertisements Taurus the Bull is visible high in southern skies during January January opens with a sky full of stars and planets in the evening
Read moreOnline learning: Shouldn’t We Do better?
Advertisements Image Credit With online learning, shouldn’t we do better? Shouldn’t we have higher expectations? Shouldn’t we stop telling partial truths? Partial truths don’t help
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