Many of you have never seen these parodies of the old Monster.com commercial… Happy viewing! Teacher Movie (Marco Torres & Lesley University) Administrator Movie (Wes Fryer & University of Central Oklahoma)
The latest issue of EDUCAUSE Review has a number of excellent articles on openness. One that particularly resonated with me was Maria Andersen’s To Share or Not To Share: Is […]
A new video from New Brunswick, in the Did You Know? (Shift Happens) style. Well worth a watch!
Three months ago I posted about my 6,000th Twitter follower. Apparently I’m already up to 7,000. I’m not sure what to make of that rapid growth, but thank you, Mrs. […]
Five online resources worth checking out… Tom Hoffman deconstructs the English / Language Arts standards from the Common Curriculum. Sylvia Martinez reminds us that an important online safety report discourages […]
Okay, I think I’ve got this figured out, at least for now… I use five primary tools to post content and resources to the Web: Dangerously Irrelevant – where I put my […]
In an earlier post on 21st century curricula, I noted the following quote by Dr. Lauren Resnick, one of our nation’s most eminent cognitive researchers, writing at the time for the […]
Five online resources worth checking out… In an excellent post about the leadership we need today, Will Richardson notes that “if you’re waiting for the conversation in the coffee shop […]
I’m a huge fan of Google Chrome; every other browser seems poky and/or unstable in comparison. If you haven’t used it, I highly recommend you try it. You may never […]
[UPDATE: I had enough interest for two people per day for the week of September 20. All the slots are full now. Thanks. I’m looking forward to the week!] I’m […]
Hmmm… What’s in there that’s not available in at least a dozen places on the Web for free?
A quote from Erica McWilliam, via Will Richardson’s latest post. Download this file: pngpptpptx See also my other slides and the Great Quotes About Learning and Change Flickr pool. Image […]
It’s the first day of school here in Ames, Iowa. In past years, I’ve posted the following checklist, wondering if schools have made any improvement since the previous fall. This […]
On Monday I published the final list of Leadership Day 2010 posts. Today I’m going to highlight a few that, for one reason or another, particularly resonated with me. This is […]
Well, after sorting through all of the Leadership Day 2010 posts, tracking down incorrect URLs, deleting a few nonexistent items, and reviewing some attempts to recycle old posts, I believe […]
Four years ago today I made my very first post here, noting that: [When it comes to P-12 technology, we] can (and do) pour ungodly sums of money into teacher […]
Yesterday CASTLE’s 1to1 Schools blog topped 700 subscribers. Woo hoo! n Remember that CASTLE has a growing family of blogs related to educational leadership issues. In addition to 1to1 Schools, […]
We continue to spend 80% of our classroom time (or more) on the skills needed for 10% of our jobs.
You can tell a lot about an organization’s priorities from its policy advocacy goals. Below are the national policy priorities for America’s four main national school leadership associations (NAESP, NASSP, AASA, […]