Now, this may seem like I’m contradicting the opinion of the guest blogger last week. However, I’m not referring to the endless pursuit of rankings and grades. I’m meaning the […]
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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 […]
Listen to this post! Dan Meyer is a dynamic young math teacher for the San Lorenzo Valley Unified School District. He totally gets it when it comes to assessment. Here […]
This study just out in Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin claims to have found a general societal prejudice against women who breast-feed. Reports about the work concurred. But I think […]
Bud Hunt posted in Twitter about The Gaming Krib. Here’s the basic premise of the service this company’s trying to sell: n n It has the ability to shut off […]
My latest roundup of links and tools… When did the IT staff get promoted above the superintendent? Will Richardson notes: [A] school superintendent I spoke with … lamented the fact […]
Schools that are interested in promoting innovation, science, technology, engineering, and math are eligible to apply for one of Motorola’s Innovation Generation Grants . Recipients can receive up to $100,000 […]
Don’t get me wrong: there are options to put equations on a computer. Most computers have at least Equation Editor if not MathType. Scholarly papers in mathematics often use LaTeX […]
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 […]
One of the more exciting frontiers in geology is that of planetary volcanology – that is, how do volcanoes work on other planets. We know at least a few in […]
The personal computer has been around for about 30 years. For most of us, the Internet has been around for about 10 years. And yet we still have a sizable […]
Robert Fried says… There is a simple test we can perform to find out whether or not our children are truly learning. We can ask them, not the usual question, […]
Dangerously Irrelevant has been loading slowly lately because it’s so video-heavy. I’ve temporarily removed some other elements in order to speed up loading of the home page. I also vowed to […]
NACOL, UCCP, and Pepperdine University are co-sponsoring a regional online learning symposium in Los Angeles, California on October 11, 2006. The web site for the symposium states that the presentations, […]
So where do we (Justin Medved and Dennis Harter) go from here? Over the past week we have taken some time to reflect on our process of creating a meaningful […]
Before I go on, I need to clarify something: I am addressing the use of social technology, not technology in general. (Although an aversion to technology in general is related […]
Robert Fried says… [F]ar too much of the time our children spend in school is wasted. . . . [M]ost of what they experience during school hours passes over them like […]
Miguel challenged us to find new voices. Between now and February 17 I am profiling eight bloggers that I’ve found informative and intriguing. Today’s new voice: Scott Elias, Do I […]
n nThere was a fascinating cover story in the New York Times Magazine on Sunday (the article runs about 10 pages, so be forewarned!), in which Ann Hulbert examined the […]
A week and a half ago, I found myself at Camp Nelson, which trained the third largest contingent of African American soldiers during the Civil War, the sole African American […]
Technology & Learning has a great graphic in the May issue of its magazine that highlights the features that secondary students would like to see in electronic textbooks [click on […]
EcoGeek consistently tracks some of the most interesting and cutting-edge thinking related to green innovation. As EcoGeek explains, Google’s new Solar Power initiative is helping to raise awareness of alternative […]
We’ve had an incredible run of guest bloggers here at Dangerously Irrelevant. Many thanks to Jason Dyer, my latest guest, who sparked a lot of conversation and gave us much […]
Fellow Big Think blogger Scott McLeod invited me to write a dual post with him on our thoughts about the 2011 K12 Horizon Report today. Although my background is more […]
Here are four tales out of school, as relayed by parents: Hatshepsut and Thutmose Four questions from a study packet for a middle school World Civilizations class: A. Nubia developed […]
Mike Parent has done a fantastic job this week of guest blogging. If you like what you’ve read from Mike, check out his blog, The Schoolhouse Dissident. Jason Dyer will […]
THE PUSH had another great day yesterday. We’re now up to: 8 English / language arts education blogs, 13 science education blogs, and 24 math education blogs. Thanks, everyone! Today […]
Thirteen science education blogs and twenty-four math education blogs later, THE PUSH is off to a good start! Today we work on ENGLISH / LANGUAGE ARTS EDUCATION. What are some excellent English / […]
n nIn a special feature on “dream jobs”, an AT&T researcher based in New Jersey explains what the “inventive researcher” does all day. In addition to being given free reign […]
These posts got the most web traffic on my two blogs in October 2010: Dangerously Irrelevant Videos – I hate my teacher 12 videos to spark educators’ thinking We can’t […]