Random links
- Obesity Rates Keep Rising, Troubling Health Officials
- The crazy part of this obesity trend is just how fast it's developed. Look at their graphs illustrating how quickly the prevalence of obesity has grown in the U.S. within just the last decade.
- Lauded economist slams census decision
- "I think it’s ridiculous the government would intervene and tell Statistics Canada how to collect its information" - I'm sure other polling agencies would appreciate the ability to threaten people with jail time if they refused to divulge information. Obviously there's no reason for the government to exert any control over Statistics Canada.
- Coroner praises man who urinated on crashed gyrocopter to stop it bursting into flames
- There's always room for the occasional weird news story
- Reaching the Last Technology Holdouts at the Front of the Classroom
- The article does note that "Technology isn't the only way to improve teaching, of course, and some argue that it can hinder it", but personally I'd argue that generally speaking people who "teach with technology" are on average worse instructors than those who don't.
Comments
Sarennah
Mon, 2010-08-23 13:49
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Technology
I don't think technology is necessarily any better than 'boring lectures' - a lecture in university with a droning tone isn't much improved by a powerpoint of exactly the same words being read off to you. It uses technology yes - so now you're staring at a screen of words of exactly the same thing. It needs to be used properly.
Personally I'd prefer more group discussions/partner work interspersed with lectures to keep me engaged.