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Author: Ian Grove-Stephensen
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Nielsen (famous mainly for collating TV viewing stats) have just launched this interesting report (below, or pdf) on teenage media-usage habits. The report does a thorough job of debunking the ‘digital native’ myth, but the thing that really caught my attention is hidden away on page 7: Teens are prolific online publishers, too. Sixty-seven percent…
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Please help me with this decision: when I started Yacapaca, I used the term “student set” instead of “class” because it is more general. In particular, I hoped it would encourage teachers to create sub-groups for more targeted teaching. Did it work, or does “student set” just mean “class” to you? Please vote for your…
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Why do you still teach knowledge? With the launch of Wolfram|Alpha, you are going to find yourself squirming more than ever when asked this question at the dinner table. Einstein famously asked “Why should I clutter my brain with information that is readily available from reference sources?” And that was in the days when recovering…
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You probably already know that Phorm is a nasty, sneaky way for ISPs (including mine, Virgin) to voyeuristically peek into everything you do online. A while ago I (and 21,402 others) signed a petition to the Prime Minister asking him to prevent this gross invasion of privacy. Here is his full reply, but to save…
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