Why I'm sending 200 copies of Little Brother to a high-school in Pensacola,
The principal of Booker T Washington High in Pensacola FL cancelled the school's One School/One Book summer reading program rather than letting all the kids go through with the previously approved assignment to read Little Brother, the bestselling young adult novel by Cory Doctorow. With Cory and Tor Books' help, the teachers are fighting back.
Now, before you Miami Heat folks freak out about the Spurs trouncing the Miami professional basketball team last night, or before the Spurs fans freak out that this post isn’t about them, I&#…
YesAllWomen and Ed-Tech Conferences, or Why ISTE is Unsafe
Update 6/11/2014: ISTE has added a Code of Conduct to the website for its 2014 conference#YesAllWomen in ed-techEarlier this week, Ariel Norling published an incredibly brave article — an inc...
The Five Dumbest Ways That People Defend NSA Spying
Over the past year, as the Snowden revelations have rolled out, the government and its apologists have developed a set of talking points about mass spying
Zombie Pedagogies: Embodied Learning in the Digital Age
The document explores the concept of 'zombie pedagogies' within the context of digital learning, emphasizing the intersection of physical and virtual spaces in education. It critiques the disembodiment of teaching and learning facilitated by technology, arguing for a more engaged and hybrid approach to pedagogy. The author, Jesse Stommel, invites educators to confront the complexities of technology and to recognize the ongoing relationships and decay inherent in both human and educational bodies.
Guest Post: Is Snowden Obliged to Accept Punishment?
This is Secretary of State John Kerry’s answer, given May 28 on CBS This Morning: “He should man up, come back to the United States. If he has a complaint about what’s wrong with American surveillance, come back here and stand in our system of justice and make his case. But instead, he’s just sitting […]
Leadership is not celebrating victory at the end of the battle. …it’s the sleepless nights mourning the lives your decisions cost. It’s not standing on stage in front of thousands of people. …it’s knowing others talk about you behind your back, to achieve their own objectives. It’s not having your name in the history books. …it’s the […]
When deciding which server architecture to use for your environment, there are many factors to consider, such as performance, scalability, availability, reliability, cost, and ease of management. Here is a list of commonly used server setups, with a short description of each, including pros and cons. Keep in mind that all of the concepts covered here can be used in various combinations with one another, and there is no single, correct configuration.
N.S.A. Collecting Millions of Faces From Web Images
The National Security Agency’s reliance on facial recognition technology has grown as it has used new software to exploit images in emails, text messages, social media, videoconferences and other communications.
Andrea Deets is the Lead Writer at Crew, an invite-only network connecting short-term software projects with handpicked developers and designers. This post originally appeared on the ...
PirateBox Delivers Brand New Anonymous Sharing Release
In 2012 a device called PirateBox excited users with the prospect of anonymous wireless file-sharing anywhere, no Internet required, and at a cost of just a few dollars. Now the project has released PirateBox 1.0 and a brand new website. TorrentFreak caught up with PirateBox founder David Darts for the lowdown.
Excellent TED Ed Talks to Improve Students Writing
Explore our comprehensive collection of classroom resources, including classroom posters, engaging activities, classroom management techniques, and more. Enhance your teaching and inspire your students with these valuable insights.
EFF to Court: There's No Doubt the Government Destroyed NSA Spying Evidence
San Francisco - The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) told a federal court today that there was no doubt that the government has destroyed years of evidence of NSA spying – the government itself has admitted to it in recent court filings. In a brief filed today in response to this illegal...