In a critique of the latest PISA results, Walt Gardner said: Shanghai is hardly representative of China because it is an industrialized center with scores of modern universities. In contrast, […]
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Chris Lehmann and I submitted our book to the publisher yesterday: McLeod, S., & Lehmann, C. (Eds.). (in press). What school administrators need to know about digital technologies and social […]
Here are some things that you may remember from the science fiction movie classic, E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial: At the beginning, E.T. is a little bit mysterious and spooky Most of […]
Two more videos about The School of One in New York City. If you haven’t already seen it, be sure to also watch the program overview video. Happy viewing!
Well, 2010 is over; hope it was a good one for you. For those who may be interested, here are a few statistics about this blog from the past year… Overview […]
Larry Cuban says: Teaching, then, whether in graduate schools or kindergartens – in elite universities or slum schools – binds all of us together. In teaching we display our views […]
Yesterday I had the pleasure of graduating two Ph.D. students here at Iowa State University. Commencement is always one of my favorite times as a faculty member. Dr. Kim Buryanek […]
Here is Youngme Moon’s awesome anti-creativity checklist. How many boxes can you check for your school leaders? Moon is the author of Different: Escaping the Competitive Herd, which is nearing […]
I thought maybe this was the year I didn’t blog about Christmas messages from public schools. But, of course, the topic has come up again. ‘Tis the season… n Start […]
Remember when I was looking for some interesting opportunities for my fall sabbatical? Well, those didn’t pan out so much (thanks for the offer to teach middle school again, Russ!) […]
In a recent comment, Bill Bradley said: photo © 2007 Jamie Williams | more info (via: Wylio)I used to think that the cost [of student laptops] was ridiculous, until I […]
photo © 2008 Eddie~S | more info (via: Wylio) This morning the New York Times published a phenomenal article on the struggles of parents to keep up with their kids’ […]
It’s time to vote for the 2010 Edublog Awards, the ‘Oscars of the education blogosphere.’ All votes are due by noon Eastern, December 14. Winners will be announced soon thereafter. […]
Joe Bower said: n n Because school defines learning as passive, learners come to see education as something done to them. When students are stuck in the middle of a […]
I said this to some foundation folks recently: Any corporation, government agency, worldwide church, school, university, foundation, or other institution that enjoyed the ability to broadcast to the passive masses is going […]
I recently received this e-mail from a principal: Our district has always hired teachers to be in charge of the technology in their respective buildings. Because we are growing rapidly, […]
If we were really serious about educational technology, we would… [here are 10 to get you started] show students how to edit their privacy settings and use groups in Facebook […]
Russ Goerend said in a recent comment at this blog: n n I’m asking for a simple change in mindset and approach: n Ed tech advocate: We should use Skype!nLearning […]
Good news! According to a recent Tech&Learning survey of its readers regarding use of digital technologies in their schools, over 90% of the survey respondents reported that they were either […]
Google CEO Eric Schmidt on American innovation (“that’s an example of fighting the last war”) Alcoa CEO Klaus Kleinfeld on doing more with less (“yes, yes, and yes”)
Here’s a clip from a video on the retouching of photos in magazines: The above clip reminds me of this Dove commercial: Given the incredible amount of media that our […]
Here’s a short video on Internet safety (hat tip to Kevin Honeycutt). Happy viewing!
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 […]
Dissertations are difficult things. There are multiple reasons why most folks don’t have one. Here are some words of wisdom that I’ve heard from others and now pass along to […]
If you’re like me, you have trouble keeping up with all of the great videos that are out there. I love it when others help me separate the wheat from […]
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 […]
Five online resources worth checking out… Pam Moran’s awesome post on our tendency to admire problems rather than working on solutions. Ryan Bretag asks “How would we react to students if […]
I don’t often blog about specific technology tools, but Adobe’s new Project ROME looks intriguing. Check out the two videos below. It seems like there might be some powerful possibilities […]
Joe Bower asked if showing teachers how to make self-graded quizzes for students using Google Docs had any value. Specifically, he said: When technology is used to accelerate the worst […]
G. V. Ramanathan, emeritus professor of mathematics, statistics, and computer science, asks in the Washington Post: How much math do you really need in everyday life? Ask yourself that — […]