This is bullshit: TEDxNYED talk by Jeff Jarvis (video)

And here are the notes - rethinking the classroom. Completely.

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I am starting my BIO101 for adults course again on Monday and this time I am deteremined to use a blog in the classroom. To begin with, I copied my lecture notes here (still needs some fiddling and editing before Monday) and we'll see how it works out.
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