Let’s say that you were interested in creating the world’s best PTA / PTO blog as a tool to help build greater community for your kids’ elementary school. What would […]
Wow. That’s fun. Great writing, everyone! Voting is open through Saturday, December 20, 5pm Eastern (USA; GMT -5). Check out the rest of the voting categories as well!
I believe pretty strongly that we should be removing restrictions on students’ access to the Internet in school as they get older. They’re going to live in an unfiltered world. […]
I’ve been following with great interest Joseph Pisano’s year-long quest to identify (or spark the creation of) 100 music education blogs by January 2009 (I blogged about it back in […]
Britt Watwood had a great post a few weeks back on student use of laptops in university classrooms. I just found it and left him a comment (as you can […]
I read with great interest the other day Jeff Utecht’s post regarding his declining Technorati authority. Although I agree with others that Technorati has some deficiencies as a blogging metric, it […]
My annual review said: n n Dr. McLeod’s work with schools is exemplary but inappropriate. n I knew then that, despite the fact that we liked each other a lot, […]
I wish I could attend this to provide a counterbalance to what I’m guessing will be a pretty one-sided conversation. Have any of you gone to one of these events […]
[Download this file: pngpptpptx] [from David Warlick, Happy Birthday Jude]
[cross-linked at the TechLearning blog] Last year a middle school librarian in New Jersey received a lot of media attention for her anti-Wikipedia campaign: Linda O’Connor regards Wikipedia the same […]
Imagine if your house burned down. With only a short time to gather a few belongings and throw them into your car, what would you save? Unfortunately, one of our […]
On February 12, 2009, from 5:30pm to 7:30pm Central, I’ll be at a yet-to-be-determined location here in Ames, Iowa to discuss Seth Godin’s new book, Tribes. Godin has finally tipped […]
My grandma turned 90 today. She doesn’t have a computer and probably will never see this message but I’m blogging about it anyway ‘cause I think it’s cool.
Andrew said: It often seems like my school’s technology curricula are ten or fifteen years behind the curve, probably more, although our technology hard- and soft-ware are utterly up-to-date. the […]
Each month, Cable in the Classroom Magazine has a page called InterActive that asks educators to answer a question related to the issue’s theme. The magazine usually prints at least […]
Are there videos out there of 21st century classrooms in practice? In other words, has anyone captured what high-level, technology-facilitated pedagogy looks like (or might look like) in action? If […]
[cross-posted at the TechLearning blog] nn A collection of thoughts about P-12 professional development, with a (hopefully) whiz-bang ending… n Big idea 1: Most current staff development is awful. n […]
I voted today (22nd in line!). I voted for future-oriented leadership instead of compliance. I voted for anticipatory, not reactionary. I voted for engagement with the world, not bellicosity. I […]
I love both these videos. Will you join them? Generation WE: The Movement Begins… from Generation We on Vimeo.Generation We: The Movement is Spreading! from Generation We on Vimeo.
The Letters to the Next President web site currently features over 2,600 letters to the next President of the United States. The site is a collaborative initiative between the National […]