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  1. War Is Peace: Can Science Fight Media Disinformation? This Scientific American column by Lawrence Krauss is available at http://ow.ly/QAec
  2. To introduce the US income tax system to your students, & give them a lesson in following instructions too, take a look at http://ow.ly/QzqC
  3. The new book CLIMATE COVER-UP describes the largest PR campaign in history: to discredit climate change science. http://ow.ly/Qh2r
  4. @hshawjr @spedteacher @irasocol Much more than rhetoric is necessary. Adam Curtis' CENTURY OF THE SELF (http://bit.ly/72xmd5) explains.
  5. @kyteacher My favorite timeline is HyperHistory Online. It is at http://bit.ly/jXqlT
  6. @spedteacher How about copying the list from the tweet where it appears, then pasting it into your new tweet?
  7. @PaulV8 In case you want to adjust other amounts for inflation, you can use the calculator at http://data.bls.gov/cgi-bin/cpicalc.pl
  8. @PaulV8 In 1954, the tooth fairy left me 25 cents a tooth. Adjusting for inflation, that would be $2 today. Your wife is correct.
  9. RT @NYTimeskrugman: Numerical notes on health care reform http://bit.ly/8nk4y5
  10. Those economics/statistics lovers among us will appreciate the Christmas Price Index http://ow.ly/PHkx
  11. @kyteacher I graduated HS and began college in 1965 - imagine how much has changed since then! :-)
  12. RT @eduinnovation: Wondering if PLNs, like orgs, tends toward group think unless one is intentional about seeking out cognitive diversity.
  13. @teacherken Well put!
  14. @bergstrj And his suggestion to record everything that goes on in every classroom everyday is mind boggling.
  15. @bergstrj So, it seems that Gates believes that great teachers are identified by the test scores of their students.
  16. What does Gates look at? RT @bergstrj: B Gates on teachers, "Once someone has taught for 3 years their teaching quality does NOT change."
  17. Everything we needed to know about the bubble, we could have learned in the school cafeteria. http://ow.ly/NZ7C
  18. @socratech Thanks! Have a great weekend.
  19. This week, @teachpaperless has been blogging about items that might disappear from schools within 20 years. Here is 1 more http://ow.ly/NymX
  20. @TeachPaperless Do you think your list's accuracy will be better or worse than the one LIFE published in 1989? http://twitpic.com/9xqyr