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“How am I supposed to know?”

November 30, 2010

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It’s multiple choice:   3 mm, cm, or m.   It’s a paper clip. “But couldn’t you measure it in cm or mm?” Okay, we’ve opened the *thinking* door 🙂    At first, we were looking for What Math Procedure To Do.   “Look at the number.  Imagine.  How long would 3 mm be?”   Oh!   …  Learning to *think* […]

For Profit Colleges have priorities… profit.

November 29, 2010

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http://www.deseretnews.com/article/700085300/Court-filing-reveals-for-profit-college-recruiting-tactics.html Unfortunately, basically “not for profit” ventures have exactly the same pressures.

Computer skilz

November 1, 2010

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Two weeks ago I came to the conclusion that demands of computer use have reached a new level.  It’s not enough to be computer savvy to do the thinsg you once could do with that savvy, and you need to *be* computer savvy to do just about anything the culture demands these days. Rather than […]