Here are a few links I loved over the past few weeks. They’re worth checking out:
- Google Graveyard, Meet Microsoft’s Morgue http://t.co/DIqBnXg5 (very interesting look at what both companies have tried & given up on)
- iPads more fragile than expected and other lessons from first year of Zeeland high schools’ iPad program http://t.co/IPI5YdOL
- What happens to all those old video games stuck on floppy disks http://t.co/NHEjuwCd (ties right into my thinking about the importance of personal online archiving)
- Professors Put Textbooks Online to Reduce Costs: http://t.co/nv31EkNZ
- Copyright reform needs to happen: a DPLA would be such a great research help! http://t.co/iVDPPYHS
- 12 Essential Social Media Cheat Sheets http://t.co/AIW9iXLG (particularly useful as you while away the remaining summer vacation)
- Not every student has a smart/cell phone: http://t.co/30YLJXDT (what is your school doing about this?)
- What does Khan Academy need? http://t.co/LQL9CwXw
- My Education in Home Schooling http://t.co/fE5m7EBB (very good points re: one-size-fits-all schooling – how can schools combat this problem?)
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