Tag Archives: Bill Gates

The Badges of Oz

By alex | Published: 3/15/2013

Almost a year ago I wrote a post about being a “skeptical evangelist” when it comes to the uses of badges in learning. This was spurred, in large part, by a workshop run by Mitch Resnick at DML2012 that was critical of the focus on badges. This year Resnick was back, as part of a […]

Posted in Research, Teaching, Technology | Also tagged anti-learning technology, Appalachian trail, badges, Dorothy, Dorothy Gale, Heraldic badge, Kansas, magician, Mitch Resnick, Napoleon, Oz, Salmon Kahn, Scarecrow, technology of motivation, Tin Woodman, Wizard of Oz | 2 Comments

Rank Teacher Ranking

By alex | Published: 2/24/2012

There has been a little discussion on an informal email list at my university about the Op-Ed by Bill Gates in the New York Times that argues against public rankings of teachers. It’s a position that in some ways constrains the Gates Foundation’s seeming interest in quantifying teaching performance. It led to questions we have […]

Posted in Teaching | Also tagged Alternative education, assessment, education, Education reform, Educational philosophy, Educational psychology, Gates Foundation, higher education, measurement, merit, Teacher, Teaching, the New York Times | 1 Comment

Creating Buffalo

By alex | Published: 6/8/2002

An article in the Buffalo News today discusses how Richard Florida’s ideas about the creative class might affect Buffalo. It’s a little funny that this has been so embraced here, given that Buffalo (and it seems Florida was once a prof here) ends up the fourth from the bottom of the list of creative cities.

Posted in Research | Also tagged Boston subway, buffalo, Cosmopolitan, Creative class, Cyberculture, Hank Bromley, Kurt Cobain, New York, New York City, Richard Florida, San Fran, Seattle, the Buffalo News, United States | Leave a comment

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