by Whitney | Feb 6, 2008 | Uncategorized
K-12 education in this country is an institution. Massachusetts was the first state to enact compulsory school attendance laws in 1852, followed by New York in 1853. (1) By 1918, all states passed laws requiring children to attend at minimum elementary school, and a...
by Whitney | Feb 5, 2008 | Uncategorized
Franklin’s Parking Virtues? Originally uploaded by wsh1266. I took this picture in a parking garage recently, where they named the floors after Benjamin Franklin’s list of seven virtues: Freedom of the Press, Humility, Compromise, Idealism, Humor, An...
by Whitney | Feb 1, 2008 | Uncategorized
Microsoft is buying Yahoo, and the question of the day is what does this mean for both Microsoft and Yahoo, along with the many users of their products. Ultimately, the success or failure of the venture will depend on just one thing- Culture. How does Culture Form? ...
by Whitney | Jan 29, 2008 | Uncategorized
I am really interested in the whole idea of what makes someone “worthy” of expressing opinion on the internet, and the issue of credibility of sources. Here are a couple incidents from the past few days that bring this issue up in different contexts, but...
by Whitney | Jan 28, 2008 | Uncategorized
One of the takeaways from this past weekend at Educon 2.0 has been that there are lots of cool tech tools available, but not every tool is right for every job. The tools, the availability of almost any and all information at your fingertips means you can use almost...
