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Nick Siewert

What Did Watson the Computer Do? - NYTimes.com - 1 views

  • The computer I am writing this column on is a fool.
  • a “computer is not in a situation”
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    Why we don't need to worry all that much about Watson stealing our jobs. Stanley Fish does a very nice exposition of the limits of "artificial intelligence.
Nick Siewert

More Induction, Less-Intense P.D. for Teachers, Report Finds - Teacher Beat - Education... - 0 views

  • Even so, the report found that the intensity of other types of professional development decreased between 2004 and 2008. Training of at least nine to 16 hours on the use of computers for instruction, reading instruction, and student discipline all declined notably, while training of up to eight hours in those areas shot up. That could be a sign that teachers are back in the infamous and much-maligned one-shot workshops.
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      One shot workshops are back, regrettably.
  • states have let their infrastructures for professional development dwindle of late.
  • The percentage of teachers who perceived a culture of "cooperative effort" in their schools dropped from 34 percent in 2000 to just 16 in 2008. But, the percentage of new teachers who said they had common planning time increased from 49 percent in 2004 to 56 percent in 2008. Per this apparent contradiction, the study postulates the mere provision of common planning time is not enough to support collaborative work among teachers.
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      Under-utilized common planning time.
Nick Siewert

Technology Review: Anticensorship Tool Proves Too Good to Be True - 2 views

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    Is it even possible to minimize one's digital footprint anymore? The new whackamole.
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