Brazilian Education - Week 3 - Class Notes

Presentation by Prof. Martin Carnoy - interesting debate about how you cannot compare the US as a whole with other countries since each state and in some cases, municipalities have their own education...

Tech 4 Learners - Week 3 - Reading Assignment

Tech 4 Learners - Week 3 - Reading Assignment

Reading:  In-Game, In-Room, In-World: Reconnecting Video Game Play to the Rest of Kids’ Lives Reed Stevens, Tom Satwicz, Laurie McCarthy (2008) Notes: Response: “How designers could perhaps l...

Qualitative Research - Week 3 - Reading Assignment

Qualitative Research - Week 3 - Reading Assignment

Reading:  Geertz, C. (1973). “Thick Description, “The Interpretation of Cultures. New York: Basic Books. pp.3-30. Taylor, S., & Bogdan, R. (1998). “Participant Observation, In the Field,”...

Brazilian Education - Week 3 - Reading Assignment

Brazilian Education - Week 3 - Reading Assignment

Reading:  “EDUCATION POLICY BEGINS AT HOME: WHY DIFFERENCES IN STUDENT PERFORMANCE AMONG U.S. STATES ARE MORE USEFUL FOR EDUCATIONAL POLICY THAN INTERNATIONAL COMPARISONS” Martin Carnoy - Stanfo...

APA Style

APA Style

Just found out about APA Style - a format for academic documents such as research papers, journal articles, books, and so on. For one of our assignments has to be written in that style. Found a Gre...

LDT Seminar - Class Notes

LDT Seminar - Class Notes

Good session again today. Who am I? sessions started. We had that pleasure to listen to: Matej Jan - funny - here’s his Colin - languages MingMing - motivational On the second half of the class we...

Party on the Edge

Last night we went to a party (9-12pm) at the Stanford’s Canto Art Center - music, performances, food - bike valet service - all free for students. The most impressive though, is the museum itself ...