Meanwhile…

• The cross-country capstone projects are going well—most recently, one of the students has asked why students who can't go five minutes without tweeting or updating their Facebook status fall silent when asked to communicate with one another in a course. It's puzzling; comments on the post would be very welcome.
• Meanwhile, the Eclipse4Edu team is running an online survey to find out more about how students use IDEs.
• And I've updated my plans for redesigning the Software Carpentry course, and would appreciate feedback (particularly from anyone familiar with Wiggins & McTighe's Understanding by Design). I'd also appreciate pointers to anyone who might fund it…