Richard Florida has a great post on his blog about how government agencies are the last bastion of ‘organizational age’ thinking and activity. This is definitely true for the state […]

Friday was the first day of sessions at the UCEA convention. CASTLE sponsored a panel discussion on national K-12 educational technology policy, moderated by Drs. Sara Dexter (U. Virginia) and Matt […]

[cross-posted at the TechLearning blog] nn We can imagine a continuum of frequency of technology usage that looks something like this (click on image for larger version): n n People […]

It's time to vote for the 2007 Edublog Awards. There are LOTS of great candidates. Go vote for your favorites and discover new ones! The Did You Know? video that […]

Notes from the 2007 SETDA Education Forum… What it takes to compete: Seeing U.S. education through the prism of international comparisons Prof. Andreas SchleicherHead, Indicators and Analysis DivisionOECD Directorate for […]

Today I had the odd experience of hearing United States Senator Richard Burr (R-NC), recipient of SETDA’s federal policymaker award for his co-sponsorship of the ATTAIN bill, say to the lunch […]

SETDA has been a great conference. I have appreciated the opportunity to network with the people in charge of educational technology for each state department and have had some interesting and […]

[cross-posted at the TechLearning blog] nn At the SETDA Leadership Summit and Education Forum, we've been talking a lot about 21st century skills, so I thought it might be helpful […]

Today is the last day to vote for the 2007 Weblog Awards. Here are the nominees in the Education category. So far the students at James Logan High School (Union […]

Iowa State University researcher Dr. Doug Gentile studied 2,500 children and adolescents and found that violent video games do indeed foster hostile actions and aggressive behaviors. Here's the money quote: […]

A few weeks ago I highlighted some videos made by Michael Wesch and his students at Kansas State University. If you haven't seen them, I encourage you to do so. […]

[cross-posted at LeaderTalk] These are the signs you see when you enter Minnesota or Iowa along Interstate 35. Guess which one leaves the better impression? While traveling recently, I had […]

Nominations for the 2007 Edublog Awards are now being taken. Submit your favorites!

I'm live blogging from the SETDA Leadership Summit... n 21st century skills n Frances Bradburn, Director of Instructional Technology, North Carolina Department of Public Instruction n n State has signed […]

I ran into Dr. Lynn Nolan, Senior Director of Education Leadership, and Dr. Don Knezek, CEO, of ISTE. I only see them about once a year so I talked them […]

More from SETDA… Making data user-friendly for classroom teachers Neal Gibson, Project Manager, Arkansas Longitudinal Data System, Arkansas Department of Education (along with Jim Boardman, Assistant Commissioner, Arkansas Department of […]

My presentation today with Mary Mehsikomer from the Minnesota Department of Education went well. I got to talk a lot about CASTLE and what we do and got a few […]

Earlier in the day. After she won her pink ‘Making It Happen’ jacket!

Michael Flanagan, the Michigan Superintendent of Public Instruction, won SETDA’s policymaker award tonight. My favorite quote: “Quit using overheads! The bowling alley had them before we did AND they got […]

SETDA, ISTE, and the Partnership for 21st Century Skills released a document last night called Maximizing the impact: The pivotal role of technology in a 21st century education system. Take […]