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in title, tags, annotations or urlCopyright Holders Challenge Sites That Scrape Content - NYTimes.com - 0 views
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But some media executives are growing concerned that the increasingly popular curators of the Web that are taking large pieces of the original work — a practice sometimes called scraping — are shaving away potential readers and profiting from the content.
The Media Equation - A Savior in the Form of an Apple Tablet - NYTimes.com - 3 views
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The tablet, properly executed, will be an iPhone on steroids, and anybody who has spent any time with that device knows that much of its magic lies in replicating that intimate offline navigation. It is a very human, almost innate, urge — readers want to touch what they are seeking to learn.
Teachers Teaching Teachers, on Twitter: Q. and A. on 'Edchats' - NYTimes.com - 9 views
In Honor of Teachers - NYTimes.com - 5 views
Study Finds Reading to Children of All Ages Grooms Them to Read More on Their Own - NYTimes.com - 0 views
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"Cue the hand-wringing about digital distraction: Fewer children are reading books frequently for fun, according to a new report released Thursday by Scholastic, the children's book publisher. In a 2014 survey of just over 1,000 children ages 6 to 17, only 31 percent said they read a book for fun almost daily, down from 37 percent four years ago. There were some consistent patterns among the heavier readers: For the younger children - ages 6 to 11 - being read aloud to regularly and having restricted online time were correlated with frequent reading; for the older children - ages 12 to 17 - one of the largest predictors was whether they had time to read on their own during the school day."
How Elementary School Teachers' Biases Can Discourage Girls From Math and Science - NYTimes.com - 0 views
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"We know that women are underrepresented in math and science jobs. What we don't know is why it happens. There are various theories, and many of them focus on childhood. Parents and toy-makers discourage girls from studying math and science. So do their teachers. Girls lack role models in those fields, and grow up believing they wouldn't do well in them. All these factors surely play some role. A new study points to the influence of teachers' unconscious biases, but it also highlights how powerful a little encouragement can be. Early educational experiences have a quantifiable effect on the math and science courses the students choose later, and eventually the jobs they get and the wages they earn."
Resources | Teaching With and About Technology - NYTimes.com - 7 views
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