From a colleague’s e-mail autoreply: I am away for the summer semester and will return Aug 15, 2007. I will not be able to respond to your e-mail until then. […]
[cross-posted at the TechLearning blog ] A few back-of-the-envelope calculations here (estimating conservatively when in doubt)… A. Number of students and teachers 50 million public school students+3.3 million public school […]
It’s time for the second installment of a new feature here at Dangerously Irrelevant, one that I’ve oh-so-creatively titled Report of the Week (ROTW). This week’s report is from the […]
As I look around at all of the technology gear I’ve accumulated over the past few years, I can only come to one conclusion: I’ve got too much stuff. I […]
Are edubloggers mostly white and middle class? What proportion of edubloggers have advanced degrees in instructional technology? Brian Grenier wants to find out the answers to these and other questions. […]
Two more weeks … Three more days … You hear these kinds of statements often during the last few weeks of school. I remember feeling this way when I was […]
One of the highlights of my trip to Washington, DC for the Leaders in Learning Awards was my interview with KFAI Radio back home in Minneapolis (click on the red […]
Are you a great teacher? A great principal? Know someone who is? You and they have a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to make a difference at the epicenter of urban school reform. […]
NCTE hates the idea. Teachers and administrators have mixed feelings. But are scripted curricula racist? Classist? Join the discussion at The Elementary Educator…
Okay, it’s time to try out a new feature here at Dangerously Irrelevant: the Report of the Week (ROTW). Can I find and feature an interesting education-related report each and […]
Back in March I posted that I was a finalist for the cable industry’s Leaders in Learning Awards . Last Wednesday I was officially named a winner . I spent […]
The Washington Post has a tremendously sad series this week on the horrible state of the Washington, DC public schools, which are generally last in the country on any given […]
Will Richardson’s post covered the article in the New York Times about the growing popularity of virtual worlds for tweens (and younger). Think Club Penguin, Webkinz, etc. Will’s post included […]
Five days … twenty posts on school change … did we learn anything? Miguel Guhlin says, “Just finished skimming your entries. . . . Now, what do I do on […]
Dede, Honan, & Peters (Eds.). (2005). Scaling up success: Lessons from technology-based educational improvement. How do we take successful programs and best practices serving a few classrooms or students and […]
[from http://tinyurl.com/bkbtk] No one jumps a 20 foot chasm in two 10 foot jumps. – Miguel Guhlin (comment at Remote Access)
Some quotes that I’ve used on this blog in the past… They say, “Sure, we need change.”I say we need revolution now. They say, “We can’t handle this much change.”I […]
Dr. Rosabeth Moss Kanter , who is perhaps our nation’s leading expert on organizational change, outlines ten reasons that drive resistance to educational change initiatives: Surprise, Surprise! Decisions or requests […]
Gladwell. (2002). The tipping point: How little things can make a big difference. Connectors, mavens, and salesmen. These are the folks you want as your allies. These people may or […]
This is the way we ought to be approaching our change initiatives, whether directed at students, staff, parents… [from http://tinyurl.com/2a9rt5]
