Posts by Joshua Brandeberry
Free digital texts challenge costly textbooks
Posted August 19, 2008Would-be reformers are trying to beat the high cost--and, they say, the dumbing down--of college materials by writing or promoting open-source, no-cost online texts.
Teaching with Edubuntu
Posted April 25, 2008Edubuntu is a customized version of Ubuntu aimed at children in educational environments. According to the distributions homepage, Edubuntu is "Linux for Young Human Beings."
Literacy, TV, and The Internet
Posted April 18, 2008Researchers have noted that there appears to be an overlap between children's pre-reading television viewership and their skill base in reading.
Hey, You! Pay Attention!
Posted April 18, 2008Late last month, as students returned from spring break, the University of Chicago Law School announced that Internet access would be blocked from classrooms.
Teachers Strike Back...
Posted February 27, 2008Tech-savvy teenagers are increasingly paying a heavy price--including criminal arrest--for parodying their teachers on the Internet.
Tired of fat jokes and false accusations of teacher-lounge partying or worse, teachers and principals are fighting back against digital ridicule and slander by their students--often with civil lawsuits and long-term suspensions or permanent expulsions.
