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Entries from March 2007

Recent wikipedia controversy

March 27th, 2007 · No Comments

Hello everyone!
Recently, there has been a lot of discussion about the validity of wikipedia information, particularly because of the false death notice of comedian Sinbad. Here’s a link to one of the articles that got this discussion going:
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2007-03-16-wiki-sinbad_N.htm?csp=34
Lori

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A letter from Jens E. Kjeldsen (author of article on rhetoric of power point)

March 27th, 2007 · No Comments

My letter to Jens:
Dear Dr. Kjeldsen,
I am a doctoral student at —University
and I recently read your article “The Rhetoric of
Power Point.” I think it’s a very important critique
of how teachers may fail to realize that Power Point
can stifle the creativity and clarity of their
instruction. I had a few thoughts and questions about
your suggestions regarding media [...]

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