Passwords, Online Sources, Mathematics, and Art... in Education Today

Catching up on some of my favorite blogs. Again. Some posts caught my interest... and may catch yours, too.

Locked Out / Brett Jordan / CC BY 2.0

Vicki Davis
Cool Cat Teacher
10 Things Everyone Should Know about Passwords
http://www.coolcatteacher.com/10-things-everyone-know-passwords/
As always, Vicki provides a practical approach to and good suggestions for her topic--this time--passwords.

Citation Needed / Future Atlas / CC BY 2.0

Mia MacMeekin
An Ethical Island
How Do You Choose Good Online Sources?
https://anethicalisland.wordpress.com/2015/03/20/how-do-you-choose-good-online-sources/
Mia uses an infographic to illustrate her response to students who ask how to choose good sources to cite.

Math / Dylan Ng / CC BY 2.0

Helge Scherlund
Helge Scherlund's Elearning News
New Math Needed to Explore New Networks
http://scherlund.blogspot.com/2015/03/new-math-needed-to-explore-new-networks.html
Helge shares ideas about the mathematics that helps us find answers about large networks or databases.

Statisticians Listen and Give a Voice to Data
http://scherlund.blogspot.com/2015/03/statisticians-listen-and-give-voice-to.html
Helge introduces us to a statistician and his approach to helping students learn to use statistics.

My Cats painted by Dvorit Ben Shaul / Ze'ev Barkan / CC BY 2.0

Robin Pogrebin
The New York Times
Not Digital Art, but Art Learned Digitally
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/20/education/not-digital-art-but-art-learned-digitally.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&_r=0
Robin writes about an art teacher who offers drawing and painting classes online.