Scot McLeod wrote about the countdown mentality and what it means for schools. kids, teachers and learning. (Dangerously Irrelevant: The countdown mentality). I too have been always struck by this phenomenon. It has been a curiosity from my earliest days of teaching where my colleague literally had a calendar by her desk and "X’ed" off [...]
Entries from June 15, 2007
Sustitute Teacher Porn Case – Rick Green, Hartford Courant
June 7, 2007 · No Comments · teacher porn case
Rick Green’s take in today’s Courant Connecticut News from The Hartford Courant ::: State, Regions, & Towns On courant.com Lesson In Justice `False Information,’ `Erroneous’ Testimony Cited As Judge Throws Out Teacher’s Conviction June 7, 2007Sure I want to believe that the railroading of Norwich s
Norwich Substitute Teacher Porn Pop-up Case Granted New Trial
June 7, 2007 · No Comments · teacher porn case
Yesterday, a judge ruled that the police "expert" who looked at the hard drive did not perform adequate checks for adware and spyware, and that an expert for the defense had not been afforded enough of a chance to present his evidence. Thus the jury did not have the correct evidence to make a judgement, [...]
Sex and Violence in Second Life
June 3, 2007 · No Comments · Second Life
I ran across this Washington Post (via Hartford Courant) article on virtual sex, and disturbing child sex simulations in Second Life, that runs afoul of laws in Germany. I am like many folks I read. Excited by the open nature of Second Life but there is this small voice in the back of my head [...]
