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The Math and Science of Junk Mail Project: A Problem Based Learning Activity for Enviro... - 8 views

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shared by David Wetzel on 19 Mar 10 - Cached

David Wetzel on 19 Mar 10

An investigation into the cost of junk mail on society and the environment caused by the junk mail delivered to homes on a daily basis over a given period of time.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">An investigation into the cost of junk mail on society and the environment caused by the junk mail delivered to homes on a daily basis over a given period of time. </div>

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I Am Leaving Social Media - Joel Comm - JoelComm.com - 7 views

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shared by Vicki Davis on 20 Aug 13 - No Cached

Vicki Davis on 20 Aug 13

I read Joel Comm's book Twitter Power and it has been one of my longtime favorites on the topic. Here he talks brutally about the negatives of social media. I admit the topic caught my attention. I"ve just found that if I'm brutal about who I follow and make sure they're real educators, I'm usually pretty happy with my stream. I unfollow junk as soon as it is evident it is junk. Ultimately we all must guard who we follow or we might just find ourselves following the garbage truck.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">I read Joel Comm's book Twitter Power and it has been one of my longtime favorites on the topic. Here he talks brutally about the negatives of social media. I admit the topic caught my attention. I"ve just found that if I'm brutal about who I follow and make sure they're real educators, I'm usually pretty happy with my stream. I unfollow junk as soon as it is evident it is junk. Ultimately we all must guard who we follow or we might just find ourselves following the garbage truck.</div>

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PrintWhatYouLike.com {beta}: Save money and the environment printing only what you like. - 0 views

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shared by Dave Truss on 28 Sep 08 - Cached

Dave Truss on 28 Sep 08

Ever print a webpage only to find your printout is full of ads, empty space and other junk you don't want? PrintWhatYouLike is a free webpage editor that gives you control of how webpages look when printed.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Ever print a webpage only to find your printout is full of ads, empty space and other junk you don't want? PrintWhatYouLike is a free webpage editor that gives you control of how webpages look when printed.</div>

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Ninite - Install or Update Multiple Apps at Once - 10 views

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shared by Vicki Davis on 03 Aug 11 - Cached

Vicki Davis on 03 Aug 11

This incredible website lets you pick all of the software you want and automatically says NO to toolbars and "junk" you don't want on the computer. I'm using it to make sure I have everything on the new computers I'm putting in at school. It is missing a few virtual world programs but overall it saves TONS of time! It even does updates! Works for Linux and PC.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">This incredible website lets you pick all of the software you want and automatically says NO to toolbars and "junk" you don't want on the computer. I'm using it to make sure I have everything on the new computers I'm putting in at school. It is missing a few virtual world programs but overall it saves TONS of time! It even does updates! Works for Linux and PC.</div>

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'Junk science': experts cast doubt on widely cited college free speech survey | US news... - 2 views

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shared by Ed Webb on 22 Sep 17 - No Cached

Brainstorm: Junk Analysis of Higher Ed by the 'Times' - Chronicle.com - 0 views

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shared by Ed Webb on 10 Mar 09 - Cached

This isn’t good for anyone’s education: The only virtue of the arrangement is its cheapness, and that cheapness hasn’t lowered tuition; it’s simply served to provide money pots for high-rolling administrators to spend on favored projects and the expansion of the business curriculum. It’s also created a need to expand the ranks of management to train and supervise the constantly-churning mass of student and other casual workers.
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journalists are living the same permatemping as the faculty, under the same quality management gutting the public sphere under both Republicans and Democrats
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four decades of student casualization
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What about Joel Westheimer, who they illegally fired for supporting the grad student union, despite having the support of his entire discipline? Or any of the grad students themselves, who are doing better analysis of their employment than Stimpson.
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Constructivism - 0 views

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shared by David Hilton on 25 Mar 09 - Cached

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Links, research and readings on constructivism

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David Hilton on 04 May 09

Constructivist theories grew out of the work of a couple of Russians around the time of the Russian Revolution. It is radical subjectivism dressed up as science, and has no scientific credibility whatsoever. It is used by radical educators to push their barrow that nothing the teacher knows is worth the student learning and that all knowledge is innate. It's bullsh*t. Theories like this rot are part of the reason that the bottom has dropped out of Western education and we have a generation who can't write. This should be resisted by any educator with an interest in educational excellence.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Constructivist theories grew out of the work of a couple of Russians around the time of the Russian Revolution. It is radical subjectivism dressed up as science, and has no scientific credibility whatsoever. It is used by radical educators to push their barrow that nothing the teacher knows is worth the student learning and that all knowledge is innate. It's bullsh*t. Theories like this rot are part of the reason that the bottom has dropped out of Western education and we have a generation who can't write. This should be resisted by any educator with an interest in educational excellence.</div>

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Ken Stanton on 04 May 09

David, back up your argument. If you think this is junk science, then be a real scientist and substantiate your claim. I'm a very objective thinker and will listen and gladly debate this with you, but having studied this and used it, I'm skeptical of your dissent. It is the only thing that has gotten me through our failed education system, not the reason the system has failed (unless your argument is that our system is failing due to lack of use of constructivist approaches).

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">David, back up your argument. If you think this is junk science, then be a real scientist and substantiate your claim. I'm a very objective thinker and will listen and gladly debate this with you, but having studied this and used it, I'm skeptical of your dissent. It is the only thing that has gotten me through our failed education system, not the reason the system has failed (unless your argument is that our system is failing due to lack of use of constructivist approaches).</div>

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David Hilton on 13 Jun 09

Constructivism is a prime example of the dangers of deductive reasoning. Instead of starting with evidence from observed reality which the scientific method dictates (inductive reasoning) constructivism starts with theories and then makes the evidence fit the theory or else dismisses it and rationalises it away. It's the same type of thinking that has gotten all ideologues into trouble throughout history, whether it's the Spanish Inquisition, the Nazis, the hippies or the recent Wall Street bankers who drove our economy off a cliff. Any true system of thought must start with the real world as its beginning, or else it's just a bunch of people making stuff up and then defending it despite all evidence to the contrary until the weight of truth destroys them and usually the institutions they've taken over.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Constructivism is a prime example of the dangers of deductive reasoning. Instead of starting with evidence from observed reality which the scientific method dictates (inductive reasoning) constructivism starts with theories and then makes the evidence fit the theory or else dismisses it and rationalises it away. It's the same type of thinking that has gotten all ideologues into trouble throughout history, whether it's the Spanish Inquisition, the Nazis, the hippies or the recent Wall Street bankers who drove our economy off a cliff. Any true system of thought must start with the real world as its beginning, or else it's just a bunch of people making stuff up and then defending it despite all evidence to the contrary until the weight of truth destroys them and usually the institutions they've taken over.</div>

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Dumpster Rental - 1 views

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shared by elizee smith on 07 Jul 11 - No Cached

elizee smith on 07 Jul 11

Alpco recycling is to dispose of every type of garbage. Household furniture and large garbage items are to much big for common garbage services and cause pollution placed on the curb. Use dumpster rental Rochester and order a small Dumpster Rental to suit your cleaning as well as moving needs.A dumpster rental Rochester, allows yours company to place all garbage in one area, to keeping your site clean and safe for all.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Alpco recycling is to dispose of every type of garbage. Household furniture and large garbage items are to much big for common garbage services and cause pollution placed on the curb. Use dumpster rental Rochester and order a small Dumpster Rental to suit your cleaning as well as moving needs.A dumpster rental Rochester, allows yours company to place all garbage in one area, to keeping your site clean and safe for all.</div>

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Carl Bogardu on 08 Jul 11

Even more spam!

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