Friday, July 19, 2002

Apple released QuickTime 6 this week. Judy and Robert have links explaining what's new. 1:08:52 PM     Joel on Software rants about how misguided measurement policies lead to terrible business practice. Similar issues arise in educational accountability. We know teachers will teach to the test if the test becomes the main criteria by which their work is evaluated. Unfortunately, these tests often emphasize easily quantified outcome measures. The point of Joel's discussion is that these kinds of accountability measures only make sense when you can actively monitor what workers are doing and ensure that the way they work aligns with the intent of the measure. But as long as you're going to do that, let's look at how teachers teach, not just a limited set of outcomes from their teaching. This way, we can learn more about what works in classrooms, and we can help teachers think about alternative approaches that can help their students. 11:27:18 AM     Mary Beth Rosson and John Carroll have published a new undergraduate-level text on Usability Engineering. The press release features praise from Don Norman, Andrew Dillon, and Terry Winograd. 11:14:04 AM

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