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Robert Fried says... [A]mid all the accounts ... of kids complaining to each other about how bored they are with many of their classes, why do we accept this so […]
Are you (or your superintendent) going to be at the AASA conference next week? I'd love to get together Thursday night or Friday morning after my presentation. If so, drop […]
My new faculty colleague, Dr. John Nash, is one of the hosts for PresentationCamp at Stanford University on February 28. I can't attend but it should be good fun. The event […]
Robert Fried says... [F]ar too much of the time our children spend in school is wasted. . . . [M]ost of what they experience during school hours passes over them like […]
Robert Fried says... There is a simple test we can perform to find out whether or not our children are truly learning. We can ask them, not the usual question, […]
The Washington Post recently published a really interesting article on the ability of well-connected parents to influence the decisions of their local school districts (hat tip to The Science Goddess). […]
Tonight's the night! Including myself, we'll have 19 people for our discussion of Tribes here in Ames. I'm really looking forward to the conversation. We're going to do our best […]
That teaching can occur without learning That learning academic content is more important than caring about academic content
I think it is becoming increasingly clear that our current system of education is going to go away. There are simply too many societal pressures and alternative paradigms for it […]
Update: Our two leagues (yes, two!) are now full. Sorry... It's time for another season of edublogger fantasy baseball (and, yes, you have to be an edublogger)! Last year's champion, Jim […]
[cross-posted at the TechLearning blog] India's quest to create a $10 laptop is getting a lot of press this week. Fast Company notes that the proposed design will have 2 […]
A fairly disturbing chain e-mail (it mentions rape, murder, and skin flaying) is making the rounds among a group of elementary school girls here. [click here to read it] A few […]
I'm excited to be in Norman, Oklahoma for the University of Oklahoma K20 Center's annual Winter Institute. I really like the folks at the K20 Center and am looking forward […]
Is it possible to spend an entire day with Wes Fryer and not have fun? Nope! I updated the materials from my keynote at the K20 Center's Winter Institute, including […]
n [Download this file: pngpptpptx] n Imagine that, day after day, all you have to eat and drink are bread and water. When that's all that you've ever had, it tastes […]
I love winter. But I'll admit it's been a bit nippy here lately. Here was the temp when I got out of my class in Mason City Wednesday night: My […]
In case you didn't notice, we inaugurated a President yesterday! Back in October, before we knew who he would be, I invited edubloggers to write a letter to the next President. […]
Harvard University's Berkman Center for Internet and Society just released a massive report, Enhancing Child Safety and Online Technologies. Here's a quote from the study: Sexual solicitation and predation are […]
I just ran across this eSchoolNews video from my 2007 Leaders in Learning trip to Washington, DC. I had completely forgotten about it. For those of you who are interested, […]
It's time to revive the crimson megaphone! After a long hiatus, I really, really need to get my list of blogs that deserve a bigger audience (DABA) back up and […]