Random musings. Half-finished (and quite possibly half-baked) thoughts.
Things that have caught my eye…

One of the most interesting articles I’ve read in a long
time

• Attracting
  the twentysomething worker. Describes how the workplace is being changed by
  its newest employees.

Students learn by doing

• Milton Chen,
  Executive Director of the George Lucas
  Educational Foundation, encourages us to start teaching basketball with
  textbooks. [thanks,
  Michael!]

Google Maps Street View

• A
  woman complains that you can see her cat in the window. Interesting
  implications for people’s perceptions of privacy.

Nebraska is our model for how NCLB should be

• Localized,
  formative assessments are where it’s at

Proper etiquette?

• When possible, should mainstream media hyperlink
  to sources like most blogs do?

Will every household have one of these some
day?

• ‘Honey, the coffee pot handle broke!’ ‘No problem. I’ll
  just make a new one with our new 3–D printer!’

Anti-school blogs

• Does anyone know URLs of blogs or online discussion boards that are being
  used by parents or community members to discuss their unhappiness
  with their local schools / educators?

Second Life as a museum?

• I had thought about Second Life as a simulation space, similar to the
  potential that resides with video gaming technologies, but Sweden’s
  using Second Life like a museum.

Guess which university produces the most doctoral students in
education?

• Many of you will be surprised by the
  answer.

An interesting perspective on higher education

• Are
  universities like Tower Records?

Make your own screencasts (free)

• I love Camtasia Studio
  and Adobe Captivate. But
  there also are some free
  alternatives for making your own screencasts.

A different way to pay teachers?

• My favorite is the one
  that pays $49.50. Insert your own pay clause as a comment!