the one-hundred-and-fourth episode of ventriloquy focusses on assessment in education.
specifically, i belatedly add my voice to the critique of Rebecca Boone's piece on how some schools are changing their views on media-players on campus.
on a happier note, i mark the occasion of a visit by Singapore's Minister for Defence - Teo Chee Hean - to the National Institute of Education's Learning Sciences Lab, during which he was briefed on the citizenship education videogame - Space Station Leonis - that my colleagues and i are developing.
this episode also previews some encouraging results from the analysis of data obtained from the piloting of the Leonis learning ecosystem, so hopefully you'll find the 4.5 MB download well worth your while :-)
Show notes:
- Schools banning iPods to beat cheaters (Associated Press article, reproduced at Yahoo! Finance)
- Are iPod-banning schools cheating our kids? (rejoinder from Mike Elgan of Computerworld)
