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A royal monster
The Onion reports on a British royal's pregancy, like so: Kate Middleton Suffering From Morning Sickness (thanks to Jesse Walker)
Who Isn't It Working For?
Cole Camplese has a piece on pushback against MOOCs over on his blog. In it, he asks: (N)ow that the MOOC thing has happened the same people who built rallying calls for more open access to learning are now rejecting this movement. Why?...Show More Summary
The Disappearing Teacher Caf
I'm in one of two Queens high schools that has a teacher cafeteria. It's under threat of closure, as not enough teachers are patronizing it lately. A food truck has parked by our school and has become pretty popular. Mayor Bloombucks...Show More Summary
Print your own doppelganger
In today's story of Japanese creepiness, a Tokyo firm will make you a doll of your very disturbed self. 3d printing horrors: A bunch of women had themselves "cloned" around their weddings, it seems: Some more charming details: Kaneko-san shows...
TTT#349 Crowdfunding to Rethink Ed- IncitED’s Campaigns: Open Road, Imagining Learning, Youth Voices – Plus: Spokes 5.15.13
On this episode of TTT we invite you to go to IncitED to learn more about these projects and support them if you can: Imagining Learning – Creating a National Collective Voice through Listening Open Road Learning Community for Teens: Learning Without School (It's Natural) Youth Voices Summer Program: Connected Learning with the NYC Writing [...]
Zombies of Glass
Here's a new way to see Google Glass as scary: Glass-wearers as zombies. Ian Bogost explains: While some wearers might be glassholes and some might be glassed-out (and some might be both), a better characterization of this new trend must...
The Web Is Your MOOC, and Portfolios To The Rescue
I'm getting ready to head in to DrupalCon, where over the next few days I'll be talking education and open learning with anyone who is interested. And as I'm heading in, I have MOOCs on the brain - not because I'm particularly a fanShow More Summary
JSB #astd2013 Keynote Mindmap
John Seely Brown spoke eloquently on extreme learning for coping with extreme change, e.g. now. He talked about how extreme learning resembles play and challenged us to create environments where imagination could flourish.
The horror of tech company purchasing
Sometimes the buying of a technology firm can resemble Gothic horror, at least according to this New Yorker article: [C]ompanies are so often founded explicitly for the purpose of being gobbled up and dissolved in the gullet of a gargantuan...
Chancellor Walcott Addresses Bullying
Hi. I'm New York City Schools Chancellor Dennis Walcott, and I think it's about time we addressed bullying. Personally I've had it with bullying. That's why I'm making 80 thousand teachers give lessons on it. After all, I've made them...Show More Summary
Accidental Google Glass art
A Twitter image update produces an accidentally satirical error: Here is the intended image, which is pretty funny. (via Jesse Walker)
Chancellor, Bloomberg-Style
I'm surprised at how many people are shocked at NYC Schools Chancellor Walcott's sales presentation to principals last Saturday. It's encouraging, of course, that the principals gave him such a cool reception. After a decade of crap that never works, it's good to see that even administrators are not buying it. Show More Summary
The .edu supervillain
Found on Google+, Infocult's creator as supervillain: (thanks to jason k)
Horror of student loan debt
"The Red" is a horror short about... student loan debt. The heroine is haunted by all kinds of horror tropes in a few short minutes: wounds, mysterious bleeding, uncanny voices, crawling bugs, disturbing people, creepy phone calls, and oozing monsters....
Drone horror expands
How scary are drones? Pretty creepy, according to Germany's defense minister. "We prefer to pull the plug [on drones]. That applies to the future as well, when costs get out of control. Better an end with horror than a horror...
Quest for a Union-Friendly Mayor
It's good to see UFT President Michael Mulgrew talking of mayoral dictatorship. Clearly, with 8 of 13 votes on the PEP, our fake school board, what Bloomberg wants, Bloomberg gets. Of course, this was apparent when mayoral control was established in 2002. Show More Summary
Art in disease
A new book finds beautiful visuals in the midst of horrible medical imagery. The imagery is horrible because it usually stems from disease or trauma: Lou Gherig's Disease, ectopic pregnancy, testicular cancer. There's something classically decadent about the project. (thanks...
Progress on the digital afterlife
We're doing better with our posthumous digital affairs, according to a Long Now post. For example, there have recently been a series of Digital Death Day unconferences. There's even a beautifully named Death Switch. With a death switch, the computer...
Cthulhu meets MOOCs
The rise of MOOCs explained. They came from R'lyeh! (thanks to Steven Burnett)
