One of the biggest things standing in the way of student technology usage in schools is adults’ fear. Over at the Blue Skunk Blog, Doug Johnson posted a message from […]
From Karin Chenoweth at the Britannica blog: Everyone in a school knows that some teachers are effective and some aren’t, but in most schools there is no organized way to […]
I just received a note from Edutopia announcing its new Go Green initiative. Apparently they’ve created a database / clearinghouse designed to help educators ‘integrate knowledge and awareness of Earth’s […]
I had a great trip to San Antonio. It was fun hanging out with Miguel Friday afternoon and evening. As you can see, we are not above making idiots of […]
It’s been a wild, wild year for me. Earlier this week I was honored as one of NSBA’s 20 To Watch and in June I was one of the cable […]
I ran across an interesting thread on NCLB, courtesy of Joanne Jacobs. First, Karin Chenoweth notes that the good old days before NCLB weren’t so good. TMAO concurred, stating that […]
First Karl Fisch, original creator of Did You Know?, gets profiled in the Rocky Mountain News. Then he gets mentioned on the CNN Saturday Morning show (at the end). Oh, […]
Check out the transcript of Will Richardson’slive online chat about the educational benefits of social networking. Part of the fun at this year’s T+L conference! FYI, tomorrow is an online […]
A few months back, Susan McLester, Editor in Chief of Technology and Learning magazine, asked if I would write a monthly column on higher education technology issues. Always mindful of […]
Today I’m being honored by the good folks at the National School Boards Association at their annual Technology + Learning conference. They’ve named me as one of their ‘20 To […]
[this post is my contribution to Blog Action Day] E-waste is an enormous environmental issue. Digital technologies such as computers and electronic gadgets are full of toxic metals and other […]
Today The Economist kicks off what looks to be quite an interesting debate event on educational issues. The first debate will address the following proposition: This house believes that the […]
If you haven’t seen them yet, here are three must-see videos from Dr. Michael Wesch, Assistant Professor of Cultural Anthropology at Kansas State University: Web 2.0 … the Machine is […]
As usual, Seth Godin nails it right on the head: If we don’t slam this door shut, then everyone will do it… This is really why we lock everything out […]
Here are five great education podcasts I’ve listened to recently (in reversenchronological order), each from a different source: n July 2007 AngelanMcFarlane’s speech at the Building Learning Communities Conference […]
Blog Action Day is Monday: thousands of bloggers posting on environmental issues. I’m going to be posting a few thoughts on what school leaders need to know about computer recycling […]
20% time for elementary and secondary students? I like it.
[cross-posted at the TechLearning blog] nn I have been reading with great interest the conversations that have been sparked by Kurt Paccio’s post on Internet filtering. As my brain has […]
I’ve been hanging out with the folks from the University of Northern Iowa Instructional Technology program a lot the past two days (from left to right: Dr. Leigh Zeitz, Magda […]
I missed most of David Pogue’s presentation this morning at ITEC because I had to first meet the folks from the carpet company who were coming to measure the rooms […]
