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In the early years of the Space Race, it was discovered that ordinary pens do not work in zero gravity. NASA spent 2 years and millions of dollars developing an incredible ‘space pen’ that incorporated a tiny pump. Meanwhile, Soviet cosmonauts took pencils.
Maybe you have seen this infographic from the World Economic Forum (citing this OECD report) showing that (more…)
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Your students type a lot, but I’ll lay odds that they type badly. Prompted by internet guru Seth Godin‘s blog, I’m going to reprise an argument I had with Mark Leighton a while ago, about why it’s vital to teach them to type properly.
Here, paraphrased, are Mark’s arguments as to why he didn’t need to teach typing separately, and my ripostes.
My students can type anyway
No, they can hunt and peck. To call that typing is like saying someone can drive if they can (more…)
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The ‘exam paper’ has been around for the last 14 centuries and it is still going strong. The way things are going, the exam-paper looks likely to outlast even the news-paper.
But it shouldn’t. Paper-based exams are a hideously-unreliable method of assessing competence. Here are some of the major reliability problems of (more…)
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