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The day after Halloween is probably a good day to write about fear. I just finished reading The Culture of Fear by Barry Glassner. In this highly-acclaimed book, Glassner points […]
Gerry Beimler, who is Manager of Leadership Development Programs for the Chicago Public Schools Office of eLearning and one of our School Technology Leadership graduate certificate students, forwarded me this […]
Over at Ideas and Thoughts from an EdTech, Dean mentions that he's "going to be talking to senior administrators tomorrow about beginning to blog. I know that they'll ask when […]
It's been about a month since I announced a new CASTLE project: to get 100 new principal blogs up and running within 100 days. To date we've had 43 request […]
Imagine that you're an English-speaking American citizen who gets swept up by a whirlwind and plunked down in the middle of the Andes Mountains in Peru. You have no idea […]
I recently spent a wonderful four days in San Antonio, Texas at the UCEA Convention. One of the highlights of my trip was spending time with Miguel Guhlin. Miguel and […]
I do a lot of work with schools on data-driven accountability issues. Before you immediately decide that I'm just another data huckster, I'll point out now that my work with […]
It's important to acknowledge when you have made a mistake. I made one that I definitely should have caught - as an attorney, I'm a little embarrassed about this one. […]
Educators and parents are quick to disparage video games - they're a 'waste of time,' they're 'too violent,' or they lead to repetitive stress injuries (nintendinitis). And yet, even non-gamers […]
Today I continue my week-long series related to gaming, cognition, and education. If you recall from yesterday, I am approaching this issue with the following question in mind: Why is […]
Today is Day 3 of my week-long series related to gaming, cognition, and education. Remember that I am approaching this issue with the following question in mind: Why is it […]
Forty-one states use the Interstate School Leaders Licensure Consortium (ISLLC) Standards for School Leaders as the model for their administrator certification and preparation programs. The ISLLC standards currently are under […]
Today is Day 4 of my week-long series related to gaming, cognition, and education. Remember that I am approaching this issue with the following question in mind: Why is it […]
Today is Day 5 of my week-long series related to gaming, cognition, and education. Remember that I am approaching this issue with the following question in mind: Why is it […]
Tom Hoffman said in a recent post that "once one reaches a certain point of authority and popularity, one has to be more careful and deliberate about blogging." I'm not […]
Okay, I'm putting my money where my mouth is... Starting today, CASTLE is kicking off an initiative to create 100 new principal blogs in 100 days. We're looking for 100 […]
As you can probably imagine, I was delighted to read Don Knezek's thoughtful and lengthy reply to Doug Johnson's query about everything that ISTE was doing to address the technology […]
See below - a message I sent out over a few listservs - thought I'd post it here too. Please forward on to others and consider participating yourself (if appropriate). […]
I am going to brag about a couple of our School Technology Leadership alumni in this post. The Consortium for School Networking (CoSN) recently unveiled its free Value of Investment […]
Google for Educators is a new web site from our friends at Google that puts twelve of its tools together for use by K-12 teachers. The list includes Google Documents […]