Monthly Archives: October 2011

Blackboard vs Desire2learn… a parable

Once upon a time…. A University Professor tried something new, and it seemed to work.  After some playing around, a big corporation, Blackboard poured a lot of time, money and human resources into the idea, and the end product was/is … Continue reading

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The Ethics of Piracy

To take an idea from one person is Plagiarism, to take ideas from many people is Research. I offer this quote, without direct reference, as a way to summarize much of what I got from the Philip’s article.  I suspect … Continue reading

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Theorizing Graphing Calculators

Finally… an assignment where I actually have used the technology before.  Playing around with various “toon” programs was not only lots of fun, but guess what I am going to have my students due next time we are in the … Continue reading

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