SimBiotic Articles and Blog

There is a fascinating article in the NY Times magazine this week about what techniques make a good teacher in primary and secondary schools.

The CEO of one of the major publishers, Macmillan, had a bit of foot in mouth disease in a blog post a couple of days ago when he explained that his company was going to start charging for hardcover e-books and softcover e-books separately. The predictable storm of responses followed with folks asking such questions as "how much more expensive is hardcover e-ink over paperback e-ink?".

The big news today in e-textbooks was a major publisher announcing a new digital textbook product.

I just finished teaching a few workshops introducing people to cross-country skiing, something I help with each year. In a good cross-country skiing class, the first thing you do after showing people how to put on their skis is to have them fall down.