Since my preview of Conspiracy Code: U.S. History at NECC, I’ve been thinking again about educational games… n Here are a bunch of screen shots of different online games for learning. I […]
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Many would claim that “innovation” remains the hottest buzzword in business today. Yet, according to this graphical chart from Google Trends (which measures the popularity of certain search requests), it […]
The use of a graphing calculator is considered an integral part of the AP Calculus course, and is permissible on parts of the AP Calculus Exams. Students should use this […]
Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin claims she is the victim of “blood libel,” a reference to the anti-Semitic claim that Jews sacrifice Christian children. A Jewish congresswoman got a bullet […]
They may be getting more graphic, says Harriet Walker, but sex scenes in the movies are no more true to life than they ever were—and no less uncomfortable to watch.
[cross-posted at LeaderTalk] These are the signs you see when you enter Minnesota or Iowa along Interstate 35. Guess which one leaves the better impression? While traveling recently, I had […]
n n If you’ve ever flown out of New York City, you know that it can be a nightmare actually getting out of Manhattan to the airport — it doesn’t […]
This is a quick round-up of what happened on the CASTLE blogs last week… LeaderTalk At LeaderTalk, Barbara Barreda proposed that we “join our teachers in the ritual of closing […]
n nWhen I first heard that Hewlett-Packard was launching a $300 million campaign called Print 2.0, my first reaction was a bit of skepticism. However, it looks like HP has […]
It’s time for a new contest! This one has nothing to do with K-12 education. Just an idea that caught my fancy that I hope will catch yours too. As […]
Earlier this year I profiled some ‘new voices‘ in the edublogosphere that I thought deserved more attention. I am going to try and revive (and rebrand) that idea in 2008. […]
While a number of leading technology companies (IBM, Cisco, HP) have launched impressive Smart Grid initiatives, the broader public still doesn’t really understand why the “Smart Grid” is so important […]
Head on over to Leading From the Heart and leave Tracy Rosen a comment on her thought-provoking post about revisiting digital literacy. Here’s the comment I just left her: n […]
[cross-posted at the TechLearning blog] Dear superintendent, I lost one of my principals in our Principal Blogging Project today. I’m not very happy about it. You see, it’s your fault. […]
It only has one job: instil map readers with fear and revulsion.
n In a digital world, passionate consumers are taking on the role of online brand ambassadors, and nearly anyone has the ability to influence a brand’s reputation online. To explore […]
GUEST POST BY JASON SILVA “Intertwingularity” is a term coined by Ted Nelson to express the complexity of interrelations in human knowledge. He wrote: “EVERYTHING IS DEEPLY INTERTWINGLED. In an […]
Today was Day One in the script of the new reading program we started thisnyear. Not to be confused with Monday (which, obviously, it wasn’t). Unlessnschool is cancelled due to […]
Every now and then, there’s a paradigm shift within an industry or field. Sometimes the change is subtle, other times, it is in-your-face obvious. The roll-out of the Microsoft Surface […]
n This week’s op-ed piece (Microsoft’s Creative Destruction) in the New York Times from Dick Brass, a former Microsoft VP, was a wake up call for the tech world. In […]
[IMPT] This post is likely to offend a few people – I decided to post it anyway. If you’d like to tell me your opinion about this article? Tweet me […]
If we’re going to teach Information and Communication Technology (ICT) literacy skills in schools, we need ways of determining whether or not those skills have been learned by students. The […]
Visual literacy is an essential necessity of modern life. But some of the most widely recognized symbols of visual language are wrapped in a surprising amount of historical and contextual […]
[send this letter to Secretary Spellings, Director Magner, and Congress] The Honorable Margaret SpellingsSecretaryUnited States Department of Education400 Maryland Avenue SWWashington, DC 20202-7100 Dear Secretary Spellings, The United States Department […]
Will Huffington tilt AOL towards her own distinctive brand of uber progressive political proselytizing? What long-term incentive does she have to successfully rebuild AOL’s content business?
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 […]
[cross-posted at the TechLearning blog] Update: As of October 2010, I now have about 22,000 subscribers to this blog. Alter my calculations accordingly… According to Feedburner, I currently have about […]
Around this time of year many high school and college students worldwide come to the sad realization that they’re failing chemistry. To them, a mole will always be just a […]
After saying something really controversial like Tea Partiers aren’t Fascists, I thought it safer to return to a relatively trans-partisan commentary on a good movie. This is part of my […]
Although we might look foolish flailing around the living room, Kinect has managed to excite our flesh, and that means our emotions aren’t far behind, says Jonah Lehrer.