Education & Technology
The LA Times Trolls Innocent Teachers | TechCrunch
The once-respectable LA Times is leveraging its dwindling platform to attack individual teachers under the guise of data transparency. The editorial board won a court case allowing them to use a highly contentious, self-designed algorithm to rank the best and worst teachers in the Los Angeles Unified School District. Neither the suicide of one of the shamed teachers, nor the widespread criticism of the statistical methods have aroused the editorial board’s better judgment.
Google Earth Tour Builder lets you tell stories through maps | Engadget
Google has used Earth and Maps to tell tales of unfolding tragedies and soldiers fighting for our country. Now its opening up those tools to the public, allowing users to build what they’re calling “Tours” through Google Earth. Tour Builder was released in honor of Veterans Day and it allows users to create narratives tied to points on a map. More Google news: Google Quick Actions Let Users Act on Emails Without Opening Them | Mashable, Your Face and Name Will Appear in Google Ads Starting Today | Gizmodo and Apple maps: how Google lost when everyone thought it had won | theguardian
- Teenagers say goodbye to Facebook and hello to messenger apps | theguardian
- Teach Kids how to Code, Make Apps and 3-D Models With These Tools | The Digital Shift
- Flipboard goes commercial with shopping catalogs curated by brands, celebrities and users | Engadget
- Report: Netflix + YouTube = Half Your Broadband Diet | AllThingsD
- Motorola Wants to Patent a Neck Tattoo That’s Also a Microphone | Gizmodo
- A Guy Found a Dozen Lost Carl Sagan Tapes in a New York Thrift Shop | Gizmodo
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