US broadband: still expensive, underwhelming (Ars Technica) Ars gives a great update on how US broadband is still lagging behind the rest of the world. My DSL teaser rate recently ran out, so this has been a hot button issue in my home. Perhaps most telling: To address some of the population density questions, the …
I concluded my last post without supporting why I think a traditional education is extremely valuable. In going back through my feeds, I found that Stanley Fish articulated it quite well in A Classical Education: Back to the Future – Opinionator Blog – NYTimes.com. He addresses it more in terms of the new emphasis on …
Ed tech folks will be very interested in this thought provoking Chronicle article: A Self-Appointed Teacher Runs a One-Man ‘Academy’ on YouTube A few highlights: The most popular educator on YouTube does not have a Ph.D. He has never taught at a college or university. And he delivers all of his lectures from a bedroom …
An interesting post at Balkinization poses some questions I’ve been wondering myself: So what should you do in real life if you and your friends, inspired by Glee, want to make a mash-up, or a new music video for a popular song? Should you just leave this creativity to the professionals, or should you become …
John is a PhD candidate at the University of Wisconsin - Madison School of Journalism and Mass Communication. He studies the social impact of media technology law and policy, with a special emphasis on copyright. He also is an instructional technology consultant for DoIT-Academic Technology.
John doesn't update his blog often, and many of the thoughts are probably half-baked. While the web has sort of an eternal memory, the current and future reader is urged not to take all of this too seriously.
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