Put away your seersucker, and move your ice cream suits to the back of the closet…Labor Day is upon us! What is Labor Day, you ask? Think International Workers Day (May 1), except, subtly, not. There are reasons, which go to the heart of American political, social, and economic history in the late nineteenth century and can be […]
A change of season is upon us, and for the kids that can only mean one thing: back to school. Naturally, ads have been encouraging us to buy the latest tablet (or notebook…remember those?) and dive into education apps for good measure. A recent article, How To Select The Best Educational Apps As Kids Go […]
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Just a quick update in case you missed the posts yesterday on Twitter, Facebook, and Google+. Ah, right — and LinkedIn (hey, follow us!): We announced yesterday the open secret of the Media Library, which you can discover for yourself at library.saylor.org. Not that you have to remember it; we included a link in the […]
We don’t often re-blog a whole post (we don’t have a special aversion to doing so, though the simple fact remains), but we’re breaking with tradition for Geoff Cain’s post on biology resources at his Brainstorm in Progress blog. It is an excellent annotated short-list for those who want to dive in to bio either as students […]
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Another week gone by! As sad as it is to say goodbye to the offices for two whole days, do rest assured that we’ll be keeping our minds squarely on free and open education. The A/C is fixed right in time for the heat wave to have passed, and we’re back on speaking terms with our […]
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