Comment tools for Essay grading- May 29, 2005 A member in the EDTECH discussion group (bit.listserv.edtech) provided a very helpful tip:You don't need an add-on to create custom comments in MS Word. Go to Tools on the menu bar and open up Auto Correct. Create custom comments here. Try it out: in the text field on the left type "cs" and in the text field on the right type: "You have committed a comma splice in this sentence. A comma splice occurs when two separate independent sentences are joined with only a comma." Save it. Now any time in.http://2020learning.blogspot.com/2005/05/comment-tools-for-essay-grading.html Alternate Business Plan needed for Higher Education- May 24, 2005 The Age posted an interesting article on how Hoyts cinema in Australia was experimenting with providing an IMax gaming experience to its customers.Upon reflecting on this, I remembered the last time my wife and I went to see a movie. It was a Sunday afternoon. In the 100+ seats cinema, there were only 4 people, including us. No wonder cinema needs to find alternate revenue source from their asset (the huge cinema).Going to cinema has become a special ocassion, when you want to experience...http://2020learning.blogspot.com/2005/05/alternate-business-plan-needed-for.html Bill Gate's Solution to American High Schools being obsolete- May 3, 2005 I have blogged about Bill's view that American High Schools are obsolete. Thanks to the link from OLDaily, I have read the whole speech and am very impressed.The media has painted a "rough guy" image of Bill Gate in terms of his view towards education. Rumour has it that in one of his speeches, he said: RULE 1 Life is not fair - get used to it. RULE 2 The world won't care about your self-esteem. The world will expect you to accomplish something BEFORE you feel good about...http://2020learning.blogspot.com/2005/05/bill-gates-solution-to-american-high.html |