A techie’s view

Introduction
The twittersphere is buzzing with how to use Web 2.0 in places of learning. I nearly wrote “in the classroom”, and that is perhaps symptomatic of this issue in educational institutions today. “A place of learning” was once synonymous with an educational institution, but this is manifestly untrue today. I justify this assertion later in [...]

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Thanks To …
My thanks go to Andrew Forgrave (@aforgrave on twitter) for his thoughtful post on the Obama Speech controversy. His post has prompted my post, which offers my own thoughts on some of the issues that he offers.
Background
Andrew’s has the advantage of coming from the USA’s next door neighbour. He is far more in [...]

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Background
I have been vaguely aware for decades of people being proud of their innumeracy. A recent experience brought this awareness into sharp relief, and this post explores my thoughts on the subject of innumeracy.
What is Innumeracy?
It can be slightly difficult to define innumeracy in terms of mathematical content (”Can you add up two numbers in [...]

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