Items to Share: 13 January

Education Focus

• Change Magazine - Why Not Try a Scientific Approach to Science Education?  Distillation of Carl Wieman's thinking, with Particular reference to science teaching and the limitations of lectures

• Making the Most of PowerPoint  A selection of ideas and tutorials from the TES: thanks to Jim Crawley for finding this.

• Twitter / Search - #overlyhonestmethods  the reality of research methodologies!

• Massive Open Online Courses Prove Popular, if Not Lucrative Yet - NYTimes.com  how can MOOCs make money?

• First Day of Class Activities that Create a Climate for Learning | Faculty Focus

•  Noted - The Chronicle Review  all about taking notes and trying to organise them...

Other Business

• Never Mind E-Books: Why Print Books Are Here to Stay - WSJ.com

• “The Value of Culture” Revealed in a New BBC Radio Series by Melvyn Bragg | Open Culture Very broad brush, of course, but still worth listening to (downloads) 

• How Tide Detergent Became a Drug Currency -- New York Magazine

• The Self in Self-Help -- New York Magazine

• The #Word of the Year: #Hashtag  chosen by the American Dialect Society--with other contenders.

• Winners of the National Geographic Photo Contest 2012 - In Focus - The Atlantic