EduGeek Journal

In general, I would say that I believe in equal standards.  Treat all people as equals.  That works best when you are talking people.  When it comes to corporations, there is a lot of room for differing standards. Of course, I am not talking about regulations – all companies should follow all that apply.  When [...]

Recently, 20/20 had a segment on College education.  It was looking at how so many people get an education and then have a hard getting a job (“College: Worth the Price of admission?” January 16, 2008).  I usually agree with John Stossel on everything he reports, but this report was just misleading in my opinion. [...]

Every time I talk about using Web2.0 in education with someone, or even being a do-it-yourself EduPunk in general, I always throw in a little disclaimer at the end: “just be careful what you use, because one of those sites that you base your entire class on could be gone tomorrow.”  I usually get this [...]

M.I.T. has been debating whether they should ditch the traditional lecture format of introductory physics and go with something better for a while.  Seems like the debate is over: “The physics department has replaced the traditional large introductory lecture with smaller classes that emphasize hands-on, interactive, collaborative learning.”  The result?  Attendance is up and the [...]

Happy New Year!  With a new year comes more buzz from Google.  Did you really expect anything less?  New York Times has an interesting article about the future of the Google Book search project and what it can mean for education.  Now that Google has settled various lawsuits surrounding the project and made all parties [...]