Another Grilled Cheese Sandwich

I resisted blogging for a long time. Initially, weblogs had the reputation for being online diaries where people rant about inane things, chronicle the minutiae of their lives, and generally ramble on about the grilled cheese sandwich they had for lunch. There was no point in wasting your time reading this stuff, let alone bothering [...]

Posted on November 29th, 2007 by John Schinker
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Student Blogging

A couple weeks ago, my daughter’s first grade class started blogging. They were doing a unit on the pilgrims, and had written some journal entries. They took turns typing these into blog posts on the classroom blog. They’re taking baby steps at this point. They’re not accepting comments or linking to other blogs or anything [...]

Posted on November 27th, 2007 by John Schinker
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Protecting Data

The United Kingdom is considering legislation that would make it a criminal offense to lose a laptop containing unencrypted personal data. We have all heard the horror stories about laptops being lost or stolen that contain thousands of social security numbers, credit card data, or other personal information. Here’s an excerpt from the Computerworld UK [...]

Posted on November 19th, 2007 by John Schinker
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Free SAT Prep Resources

Let’s say you’re planning to take the SAT Reasoning Test. If you’re a college-bound student in the United States, chances are good that you’ll either be taking this test or the ACT (or both) in order to get into college. This is a fairly high-stakes test. It’s only offered a few times per year, and [...]

Posted on November 13th, 2007 by John Schinker
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Problem Number Three

I’ve heard Will Richardson speak a number of times, including twice last month. In his keynote addresses, he usually includes this: We have to figure out who we can trust. We can’t have our kids simply looking at something and accepting it. I know many of you have seen this. Martinlutherking.org. This is the stump [...]

Posted on November 7th, 2007 by John Schinker
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