Daily Education and Technology News for Schools 03/26/2012
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Excellent article about Mark Zuckerberg's growing up as a CEO.
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Wikipedia Didn't Kill Britannica. Windows Did | Epicenter | Wired.com
The demise of Britannica is being pontificated but I agree that it wasn't Wikipedia that killed it. I don't totally agree with this author in that the PC killed Britannica because it became our information portal through the Internet.
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The NSA Is Building the Country's Biggest Spy Center (Watch What You Say) | Threat Level | Wired.com
I always tell my students when they travel with me never to joke in airports about anything. I have to admit that the new NSA center with the best decryption capabilities in the world and a seemingly blank check will have me add this article to our reading list as we talk about privacy. We thought the Internet was about freedom but have put so much of our private lives out there we may have just been giving it away. Don't freak out, just be aware. This particular issue is a black box so the article may be filled with conjecture. I thought it was worth the read,
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History of computing - some of the best articles from the last 20+ years on computing history. I will use some of these with kids (except link to Steve Jobs' playboy interview.)
