Posts Tagged with ‘elementary’

Schools Move To Ban Wikipedia As Unverified Reference

Paul Glazowski

If you?ve been following developments inside the Pennsylvania state legislature in the past, say, 5 years or so, you?ll know that quite a few lawmakers tend to go against the grain of conventional wisdom.
If you recall the absurdity that resulted in the Intelligent Design debacle, in which some in the state seriously contemplated a shift in elementary school curriculum to allow for some measure of non-scientific ?study? in science classes, you?ll know that at least a few higher-ups in the [...]

Classmates.com To Be First Social Network To File IPO

Paul Glazowski

What is the name of the social network slated to be put first to the open markets?
That question has been dogging pundits and investors alike for quite some time. And now we’ve got an answer: Classmates.com.
Yes, Classmates.com. One of the few social networks so fortunate to be born of the Friendster era. The place marketed as the salvage yard for connections lost (and connections never had) among alumni of both elementary schools and collegiate environs. The website that [...]

Yahoo! Teachers Online Utility Announced

Paul Glazowski

Social networking is great – in principle.
Today, a lot of what makes networking on the Web seem to some (including myself) like a whole lotta time wasted is the apparent purposelessness of it. It’s just one of those things that, ideally, can be quite extraordinary, but in general practice is both time consuming and unproductive.
But there are exceptions to that “rule”. One such diamond in the rough, is a new piece in Yahoo!’s puzzle. It’s called Yahoo! Teachers.
It was [...]