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I just want to point out that while this article depicts the 'culture wars' as a battle between 'freedom of expression' versus 'freedom from harm', this is very much a misrepresentation. In fact, both sides have very distinct things they want to be allowed to express, and they both have...

This is a continuation of Jim Groom's thoughts about edtech (I could have combined them into one post I suppose, but I didn't). The term 'edtech' feels a lot like the term 'open', he says. "More recently when folks talk about edtech it's often associated with venture capital buy-outs,...

This post opens a series to commemorate Juneteenth, "a historic benchmark in Black Americans' journey to freedom in the United States." It makes the point that "associating quality...

I often use an article to make a point, and that's what I'm doing here. In this post, James Breiner reviews his metrics and draws some conclusions 'about his community'. He finds (as I have) that the newsletter drives the most traffic, that data matters, that headlines...

I applaud the motivation of teaching students foundational news and media literacy skills. But I have to ask whether these are actually foundational (as opposed to, say, a grab-bag of topical issues enjoying current traction). Two of the five items for elementary...

The five areas are: secure credentials, gamifying learning, record-keeping for grants, accreditation, and student financing. With the exception of gamification, all these have to do with records and bookkeeping, and arguably, blockchain is not even remotely required for gamification...