Category Archives: web development

Getting eBooks Into iBooks

Posted on January 23, 2012 by Andrew Plemmons Pratt

As I have written about before, I’m a big proponent of getting eBooks into my scholars’ hands. Previously, I cast my vote for Stanza as my favorite app for reading eBooks on an iPad or other iOS device, but I’ve … Continue reading →

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Review: HTML5 for Web Designers—The wittest technical book I’ve read lately

Posted on June 27, 2011 by Andrew Plemmons Pratt

HTML5 For Web Designers by Jeremy Keith My rating: 4 of 5 stars This is the first eBook that I’ve read cover-to-cover. The publishers say that they want the books to be short enough to digest on a plane flight … Continue reading →

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The Red and the Black (30 Days of Creativity, Day 23)

Posted on June 23, 2011 by Andrew Plemmons Pratt

This is a little bit of a re-tread, but elsewhere on the list of #30Days projects is a redesign of this site’s template, and this could serve as an anchor. New twitter avatar:

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On-Demand Professional Development and the PGCPS/TFA Innovation Challenge

Posted on May 15, 2011 by Andrew Plemmons Pratt

Data-driven instruction is one of the transformative elements of excellent teaching. Simply put, if you don’t know where your students are at any given moment in terms of mastering the curriculum, then you’re going to have a tough time coaching … Continue reading →

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Shiny magical smartphones and better tracking data

Posted on April 19, 2010 by Andrew Plemmons Pratt

I noticed on one of my observation visits that the teacher almost never put down her clipboard. On it, she kept a chart that allowed her to track student progress and comprehension, take notes on students who needed additional help … Continue reading →

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NPR and PHP

Posted on May 10, 2009 by Andrew Plemmons Pratt

Every so often, I’m on a road trip, driving around the great southern states, and I’m overtaken with a very strong need for some public radio. Unfortunately, I don’t have one of the handy NPR Station Locator Maps. I also … Continue reading →

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Processing

Posted on December 2, 2008 by Andrew Plemmons Pratt

Conceived by a couple of grad students working with John Maeda at the MIT Media Lab, Processing is an open source programming language and environment for designers. Built on top of Java, the platform is a simplified way of allowing … Continue reading →

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Federally Financed R&D Expenditures at Doctorate-granting Institutions by State, FY 1993-2006

Posted on March 28, 2008 by Andrew Plemmons Pratt

Here we’re going to experiment with a Google gadget displaying Federal expenditures on state R & D over a period of 14 years: Source: SSTI

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Incipit

Posted on March 8, 2008 by Andrew Plemmons Pratt

I figured that the best way to encourage myself to revamp appratt.com would be to just delete everything on the site and install WordPress. Here we are. Now on to step two, putting my own stuff back on.

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