Thursday, September 29, 2011

Betting on the future, pt 1: Career guidance is more valuable than Huck Finn

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In this two-part post I'll argue for why it isn't sufficient to just prepare kids for college. We also must guide them toward caree...

Betting on the future, pt2: Why pharmacists are doomed

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In part 2 we explore why pharmacists are doomed in the 21st-century and in doing so get some clues for how to predict if a career is likel...
Saturday, September 24, 2011

Musings on Education: Technology vs Innovation

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Educators are struggling to integrate technology into their classrooms, but we're losing sight of something much more important: Innova...
Saturday, September 10, 2011

BitmapButton: A custom-skinnable ActionScript button

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Source code for a simple, skinnable ActionScript button class that includes a really handy arbitrary data field. Now that I'm a whole ...

Musings on Education: Last year's seniors begin college!

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It's odd to refer to my seniors as being from "last year," considering that it was only three months ago! But most of them are...
Monday, August 29, 2011

Musings on Education: A different response to Brill's article on education reform

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In my previous post I introduced Steven Brill's article about education reform and pointed out a minor flaw in Brill's argument. ...
Friday, August 26, 2011

Musings on Education: Nit-picking Steven Brill's article on education reform

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Here's an interesting exchange that I just caught wind of off of my Twitter feed : First there's Steven Brill's article, ...
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Keith Mukai, M.Ed., is a certified high school English teacher who had a previous 9-year career in Java programming and database design at various Silicon Valley startups. He is the Founder and CEO of EssayTagger.com, an innovative web-based tool to help teachers grade essays faster. Keith's education spans from Princeton to UCLA to the U of IL at Chicago. Keith is also a high school gymnastics coach and a professional photographer.
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