Standards of Learning: good; standardised tests: bad

July 15, 2005

I’m still engaged in a continuing immersion course in e-learning theory, hitting upon more and more terrific resources (blogs, articles, reports) online. But before I link to any more of these, there’s this gem: It’s an article that deals with “standards of learning” (SOLs) and “standardised testing.” It has one of the most concise summations […]

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Snoop, snoop, or: as the crow flies…

July 14, 2005

I’ve been immersed in a crash course — actually: a snooping extravaganza — on technology and education, the marriage thereof. And in the process, I have came across some very interesting sites, information, insights. Most of the results have to do with questions relating to issues concerning my children’s education, but I want — as […]

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And now we know why God

July 12, 2005

…is a middle-aged, stern man: see Why ‘imaginary voices’ are male. A university research team says it has discovered why most people “hearing voices” in hallucinations say they hear male voices. Dr Michael Hunter’s research at the University of Sheffield says that male voices are less complex to produce than female. As such, when the […]

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The “We’re Not Afraid” Photo-Sharing Site

July 8, 2005

Came across this interesting site today: We’re Not Afraid, where “just folks” can post their photos to show solidarity with Londoners after Thursday’s terror attacks (via the Spiegel). Many of the pictures also emphasise defiance, and they all have a lot of attitude. There are smiling babies proclaiming that they’re not afraid, there are tough-looking […]

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Oil as investment

July 7, 2005

And another thing… Is it a symptom of things to come that Bloomberg.com can report that crude oil prices fell after today’s terrorist attacks in London because oil is no longer just a commodity, but also an investment? “The plunge shows that energy has become an investment and not just a commodity,” said John Kilduff, […]

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Sad, not shocking

July 7, 2005

Der Spiegel (also available in an English-language international online edition) has extensive coverage of Thursday morning’s terrorist attacks in London. The magazine also excerpts from a Purported Al-Qaida Letter [that] Claims Responsibility for Bombing, and there’s another page with constantly updated ticker tape reports. The purported claim of responsibility for the bombing is a despicable […]

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Better Bad News has another better idea

July 6, 2005

Thanks to a pointer from Shelley, I got my comic relief fix today at Better Bad News‘s latest hilarious send-up entitled Tech Conference Floats Open Intonation Standard / Code Name / Yellow Submarine. It occurs to me that I should visit their site more often. BBN‘s latest skit has a sharply barbed stab at copyright […]

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The Role of Prepositions in Relational Climax

July 5, 2005

I want to help banish the grammatically incorrect and absolutely atrocious use of the first person subject pronoun (“I”) in constructions that require the first person object pronoun (“me”), as in the grating “between you and I.” Why anyone would say that is beyond me. Listen up: The correct phrase is “between you and me,” […]

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Camp Justice?

July 3, 2005

On July 2nd, I read an article in the Toronto Star, Island paradise or torture chamber?; CIA under fire for secret detentions (by Lynda Hurst), about Diego Garcia, a tropical island reef in the Indian Ocean, also known as Camp Justice. It looks idyllic: It’s geographically isolated: 1600 miles from land in any direction. (See […]

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Aboriginal tv

July 3, 2005

While I usually don’t turn on the radio first thing, I did reach for my bedside clock-radio-alarm thingy this morning at 9, thinking I’d catch the news. I had no idea what station was tuned in (the thingy is usually set to “sounds,” in case I need it for wake-up purposes — oceans, crickets, all […]

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