February 2012
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The Gamification of Education Infographic →
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The True Power of an API →
What is an API?
“API stands for “application programming interface,” but that makes it sound more complicated than it really is. More simply, an API is a set of rules of how one computer system can talk to another. Say that I’d like to utilize Netflix instant streaming through my Blu-ray player. My player knows how to load my Netflix queue and stream a movie, but the software team at...
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Technology & the Myth of Education's Golden Past →
Will future students be more intellectual? Check out my predictions.
“One of the biggest misconceptions today is that the new emphasis on technology in schools and popular culture will erode the traditional liberal arts education and reorient school so that it favors vocational, practical training (“just-in-time” knowledge) instead. In other words, some fear that technology integration...
