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THE PUSH is getting HARDER as we move away from the "core" areas. Yesterday we only identified 2 (yes, 2) excellent language education blogs. We're doing much better in other areas: 9 Social Studies […]
The New York Timesreports today on a study of MySpace users from the United Kingdom. Here is a quote from the article: The MySpace study asked social networking users between […]
THE PUSH continues to get more DIFFICULT as we head away from the "core" areas. Yesterday was a good day. We identified 12 excellent art education blogs. Here's how we're doing in […]
On page 52 of Free: The Future of a Radical Price, Chris Anderson notes: Products that can become commoditized and cheap tend to do so, and companies seeking profits move […]
THE PUSH begins today! What is THE PUSH? Glad you asked! Every single day for at least the next two weeks, we work together to identify excellent subject-specific blogs that are […]
Yesterday I announced THE PUSH... [and we generated an amazing list in just 24 hours] Today we work on SCIENCE EDUCATION. What are some excellent science education blogs that P-12 science educators should […]
Thirteen science education blogs and twenty-four math education blogs later, THE PUSH is off to a good start! Today we work on ENGLISH / LANGUAGE ARTS EDUCATION. What are some excellent English / […]
The best-selling netbooks typically fall within the $300 to $400 range and their capabilities are increasing rapidly as manufacturers figure out how to include more features. For example, we are […]
The Des Moines Register reported today that the St. Ansgar (IA) Schools have given up on their proposal to purchase a device that would jam mobile phone signals after confirming […]
[cross-posted at LeaderTalk] As leaders, we often know what is the right thing to do. Just to pick a few examples... We know that ongoing, formative progress monitoring is more appropriate […]
Every year the School Administrators of Iowa asks its members what priority it should give to various legislative and/or lobbying issues. Here are my responses to some of the items […]
Both of my NECC 2009 presentations are now available! As I noted earlier, my first presentation, Effective Leadership in an Era of Disruptive Innovation, is available at ISTEVision. My second […]
Since my preview of Conspiracy Code: U.S. History at NECC, I've been thinking again about educational games... n Here are a bunch of screen shots of different online games for learning. I […]
Here are my notes from Day 1 of the World Technology Summit & Awards in New York City. My colleague at Iowa State, Dr. John Nash, and I have been […]
Here are my notes from Day 2 of the World Technology Summit. I've been hangin' with Dr. John Nash, my colleague at ISU. Today we learned about India's Barefoot College […]
Well, it's not every day that one gets within six feet of two presidents. Last Thursday, just as my colleague at ISU, Dr. John Nash, and I were walking out of […]
For those of you who are curious, here are the standings in our two edublogger fantasy baseball leagues at the All-Star break:
I was one of the faculty members interviewed by the Associated Press for an article on technology integration in higher education. I think the article came out pretty well. It's […]
I haven't had a contest all summer. I have some books to give away, so here's an easy one... Questions What's your funniest K-12 ed tech story, vignette, or anecdote? [please anonymize […]
Just a reminder that tomorrow is Leadership Day 2009 here at Dangerously Irrelevant! n You can see the posts from previous years at n n Leadership Day 2007 – Summary n […]