Three articles published in the last couple days
“Find Your Book Interrupted… By the Tablet You Read it On” by Julie Bosman and Matt Richtel NYT 3.5.12
Teaser: “People who read e-books on tablets like the iPad are realizing that while a book in print or on a black-and-white Kindle is straightforward and immersive, a tablet offers a menu of distractions that can fragment the reading experience, or stop it in its tracks.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/05/business/media/e-books-on-tablets-fight-digital-distractions.html
“Hard-Working Teachers, Sabotaged When Student Test Scores Slip” by Michael Winerip (NYT in the “on Eduction” column) 3.5.12
This is about some unintended consequences involved with NY’s “value added” teacher evaluation system. Four teachers who seem to be doing a great job are all shown – by the test, at least – to have taken AWAY value from students. Learn about how “numbers lie” here.
“True Lies: Media umpires confront the challenge of dishonest facts” by Eric Zorn Tribune 3.2.12
Interesting for all, but especially for rhetoric, AP Lang, expos… This article comments on the group of new “fact-checking” websites run by various media outlets. Things like Truth-O-Meter and PolitiFact and the Washington Posts “Pinocchio” awards (the cleverest of the bunch). Are these meters too dumbed-down?
http://blogs.chicagotribune.com/news_columnists_ezorn/2012/03/truelies.html
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