My new MacBook Air took 10 minutes to render a vid…

My new MacBook Air took 10 minutes to render a video that would have taken 2-3 hours on my previous computer. Thank you, @SetonHillCIO ! Similar:Overheard at Quora: "Why after all these years is Moodle still so ugly?"Moodle is a free course-management tool …AcademiaHello, there, mini.Hello, there, mini. Let’s restore you fr…TweetsProto iPads and Paper…

I just gave in the 2013 Day of Giving at http://t….

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When I tried to intro my 11yo to “Bohemian Rhapsod…

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While doing a mic check, a student launched into a…

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A Catholic Case Against MOOCs

Catholic universities can be true leaders in higher education. Instead of following the hype, they can reassert the belief that education is a moral enterprise that develops human dignity and promotes social justice.MOOCs not only fail to accomplish those goals; they undermine them. And if large Catholic universities pursued strategic aims through MOOCs, they could…

Computer grading will destroy our schools (says a humanist whose appeal to the humanities will be ignored by technologists)

Sadly, the people who are spending (and receiving) the huge sums of money to support the dehumanization of essay-grading are not the ones who will be swayed by an appeal to the humanities. Once the use of automated essay grading becomes common knowledge, the implicit message will be hard to miss. For any self-aware, warm-blooded…

Loved seeing A Comedy of Errors @setonhill

Loved seeing A Comedy of Errors @setonhill . My tween is in the lobby getting autographs from actors as they leave. http://t.co/8R1cr0NBTd Similar:I'm no longer surprised, but still want to document.This is really noteworthy. Today the Pre…Current_EventsHow hate and misinformation go viral: A case study of a Trump retweetOn Sunday night, President Donald Trump …AcademiaParallel…

And the girl has succeeded in getting me to wear t…

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@Laroquod That worked, until she pointed out a coo…

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RT @JessieNYC: Bard College president proposes 2,5…

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Help! I may be running out of excuses for not wearing…

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The Internet will gain less from my snark than I w…

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RT @JessieNYC: 19yo college student: “School is a…

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Enjoying catching up on my #el227 students’ livetw…

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