Everybody, meet Kergolus. This little furry thing is a geo-mascot, shaped like the territory it symbolises. Top marks if you’re able to guess which territory that is, either by the […]
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The Iowa Technology Education Connection (ITEC) conference each year is fairly small. Despite its size, however, it tends to bring in some really big-name speakers for its keynote addresses. Last […]
One of the most popular Shakespearean analogies presents George W. Bush as Henry V. But does it hold up?
“If institutional education refuses to adapt to the landscape of the information age, it WILL die and SHOULD die.” The video is An Open Letter to Educators. Happy viewing!
Susan Funk , in her spiritedly assertive comment to my recent post on Kelly Christopherson , said, “Hey! I want some feedback on my recent blog post !” So here […]
DEAN YEAGER: “Doctor… Venkman. The purpose of science is to serve mankind. You seem to regard science as some kind of dodge… or hustle. Your theories are the worst kind […]
As WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange appears in court in London today in connection with sexual assault charges, Nobel prize-winning economist Michael Spence discusses the real costs that WikiLeaks could inflict on society.
On Thursday I will be the speaker for the Lower Hudson (NY) Regional Information Center’s Technology Leadership Institute. I’m not quite sure how I got included in the all-star lineup, […]
Janet Malcolm is a careful writer. The new Paris Review has an interview with her. The Review still publishes the best interviews on code-cracking the art of writing. This exchange—which […]
I received this question recently: What resources (contacts, advisors, print, online, etc.) do you recommend to our school leaders – and lawyers – so they can make informed decisions about […]
A video of prison inmates in the Philippines remaking Michael Jackson’s Thriller is a big hit on YouTube. As is typical, the rebuttal is getting much less attention. The truth […]
It may be boring for parents—but reading the same book over and over again to children is the best way to develop their vocabulary, say researchers at Sussex University.
Software developer Steve Laniel says that if we really want the Information Age rather than the Chatter Age, there’s only one solution: relearn self-control.rn
Part 5 of Big Think’s Farsight 2011 event looked at how artificial intelligence and machine learning would affect the future of digital search — and how we understand and predict the future.
I was informed today that Dangerously Irrelevant AND LeaderTalk both made Edutopia’s short list of “edublogs they love.” Here’s the link: Edublogs we love: Ten top stops for Internet interaction […]
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 […]
Much attention has been paid to the value of teachers and/or students blogging. Today I kick off a week-long series of posts that discuss the potential value of blogging by […]
Last month at the meetings of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, a panel titled “Communicating Diversity in Science: Implications for Climate Change Denial” explored the role that […]
I have learned much about data-driven decision making (DDDM) from Dr. Scott McLeod. He is an acknowledged authority on DDDM and is especially knowledgeable about frequent formative assessment. My own […]
Futurist and singularitarian Ray Kurzweil has applied his “law of accelerating returns” to the field of solar power in saying that he in not concerned about a future energy crisis.
For many of the questions Watson got right on Jeopardy!, a naive Google query of the ‘en.wikipedia.org’ domain returned, as the first result, the correct answer.
One minute you’re the CEO of one of the most powerful Internet companies in the world, the next you’re a “moral pygmy” being disgraced by media publications all over the […]
Creating and then manufacturing the Next Big Thing in the world of consumer gadgets is more difficult and complex than you might at first guess. Wired Magazine has put together […]
Listen to this post! Thanks to Seth Godin’s blog , today I found this very cool resource for teachers and students looking for different visual ways to represent information: A […]
Here is Part 3 of my notes from our day with Will Richardson. You also can see the live chat and/or follow the Twitter conversation and/or participate in EtherPad. We started […]
Last month I gave an inspired presentation to the Board of Directors for the National Education Association (NEA), our nation’s largest teachers union. As you can see from the NEA’s […]
n by Andrew Smith at Learning Out in the Open n Lately there have been a few words that have become ubiquitous in media discussions of education. That’s right: standards […]
At this month’s Vanity Fair, best-selling author Michael Lewis chronicles Ireland’s collapse into the deepest recession of any European Union country. In a guest post today, my American University colleague […]
[This is Post 1 for my guest blogging stint at The Des Moines Register.] Archimedes said “Give me a lever long enough and I can move the world.” This week […]