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Hypertext as a Teaching Tool — Brown University Poetry Classroom 1974

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This short film documents an early attempt to use hypertext to help students study poetry. A fascinating early collaboration between…

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Peter Thiel Just Got His Wish: Gawker Is Shutting Down

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AFTER A 14-YEAR run, Gawker.com is shutting down next week. Gawker Media’s new owner, US Spanish-language TV network Univision, made…

Annie Sullivan on teaching:

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Helen Keller, rendered blind and deaf after an infection as a toddler, learned the gift of language from her patient…