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How's the voting for the 2010 ISTE keynote going? No idea. There are no running totals for candidates on the Round 3 web site. Nor are there even running indicators […]
Overheard at a preschool I visited yesterday: Good job! I like the way you all are staying in line. You're so good at this! The socialization to be a cog […]
Here's a 59-minute webcast of a forum on what kids learn when they create with digital media. The forum was sponsored by the MacArthur Foundation, the National Writing Project, and […]
[Of course I'm voting for Chris Lehmann since I nominated him and had him in mind from the very beginning!] The final voting round for ISTE's 2010 conference keynote speaker […]
The graph below from Nielsen Soundscan shows that we're buying fewer albums (i.e., CDs) but that overall music purchases continue to rise. The music industry looks okay to me. It just […]
Seth Godin says: More librarians are telling me (unhappily) that the number one thing they deliver to their patrons is free DVD rentals. That's not a long-term strategy, nor is […]
I love this slide (courtesy of Dean Shareski and John Pederson). Click on the image for a larger version. School is no longer constrained to how far the bus can […]
Earlier this month I asked what you would say to the NEA Board of Directors if you had the chance. Thank you, everyone, who chimed in with thoughts and suggestions. Here’s […]
My father-in-law gave me the January 2010 issue of U.S. News & World Report. It features a number of articles on P-12 education and includes detailed tables of its '100 […]
Here's a new video from Heidi Clark and Anita Bramhoff, two Canadian teachers who made the film as part of some work at the University of British Columbia. Happy viewing!
I walked into one of the Iowa Area Education Agencies (AEAs) last week and saw a tree in the foyer that was decorated with lights, tinsel, ornaments, a star on top, and […]
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Here is Part 3 of my notes from our day with Will Richardson. You also can see the live chat and/or follow the Twitter conversation and/or participate in EtherPad. We started […]
Here is the current leaderboard for the ISTE conference keynote crowdsourcing project. Not much voting activity. Chris Lehmann still holds his lead over Jeff Piontek. David Rose has taken the lead […]
I'm looking for a few folks who might be interested in helping me with my next survey of the edublogosphere. I'd love to have some assistance devising questions, analyzing and […]
Hal Abelson, Ken Ledeen, & Harry Lewis say... Exponential growth of anything can suddenly make the world look utterly different than it had been. When that threshold is passed, changes […]
Here is the final leaderboard for the ISTE conference keynote crowdsourcing project. Category winners are Chris Lehmann, Alan November, David Pogue, David Rose, and Karl Fisch. If votes from all […]
Bill Watson, Activities Director for the Urbandale (IA) Community School District, received his doctorate this evening from Iowa State University. As his doctoral advisor, I had the pleasure of 'hooding' […]
True statement by a teacher (said with all sincerity) in one of my workshops this semester: We're so far behind our students. How do we catch up and move past […]
Here is Part 1 of my notes from our day with Will Richardson. You also can see the live chat and/or follow the Twitter conversation and/or participate in EtherPad. I'm […]