Johnny Bunko: a cartoon Joe who hates his dead-end accounting job. A set of magic chopsticks. And Diana, a Greek-anime goddess of job satisfaction. Mix ’em together and you have […]
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Here’s a nifty video by Charles Leadbeater, author of We Think: The Power of Mass Creativity. The book looks interesting. I don’t know how much it overlaps Clay Shirky’s phenomenally […]
My posting rate here at Dangerously Irrelevant waned considerably over the past two months. I could make the excuse that I’ve been super busy but, of course, we all are […]
Some words of advice for new education bloggers.
An idea so brilliant that I’m ashamed I didn’t think of it earlier: edublogger fantasy baseball! 12 edubloggers. An online fantasy baseball league. Winner gets online bragging rights and an actual, physical trophy […]
For those of you who are interested, here are the twelve teams that are participating in edublogger fantasy baseball this year (in alphabetical order by manager): A Few Good Men, Jon […]
Does Cisco really believe that I’m going to feel positively about this ad that covers up more than half of what I really want to read? Ugh. How annoying. Someone […]
Education Canada has published a great article from Michael Wesch, author of several videos that should be seen by every school administrator. Here’s an excerpt from Anti-teaching: Confronting the crisis […]
[cross-posted at the TechLearning blog] nn Chart 1: A discrepancy of beliefs n Here is a chart of some findings from the recently-released Speak Up 2007 surveys of nearly 368,000 […]
[cross-posted at the TechLearning blog] nn As David pointed out, two posts from a couple of weeks ago fostered a great deal of conversation in the blogosphere. Both were impactful, […]
From Roger Schank at The Pulse: n n [T]there is no evidence whatsoever, that accumulation of facts and background knowledge are the same thing. In fact, there is plenty of […]
In the past, I’ve labeled my random thoughts and captures from the Web on this blog as Half-finished or half-baked?. As of today, I’m re-labeling those as Not so irrelevant […]
As Avinash Kaushik points out, there are many different metrics to measure your blog’s success. Some common metrics include subscribers, page ‘hits,’ and Technorati rank or authority. Another useful metric […]
I’ve been traveling too much: Minnesota, Texas, India, Florida. All fun, but I’m behind on my blogging. Let’s see if I can get back on track… Goofing around with Easter […]
Comfort foods. We all have them. Foods that make us feel all warm and cozy inside, not just because they taste yummy but also because they evoke memories of happy […]
I just discovered, courtesy of Kim Cofino on Twitter, these videos by Nathan Lowell. They definitely deserve greater attention… A view of 21st century learners Welcome to your world Free […]
Wesley Fryer has an interesting post on ‘creativity fatigue‘: the notion that over time we get tired or more unwilling to continuously be creative / innovative (i.e., do new things). […]
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 […]
[cross-posted at the TechLearning blog] nn I’m working my way through Dr. Richard Florida’s new book, Who’s Your City? Many of you may be familiar with Dr. Florida’s previous books, […]
[cross-posted at LeaderTalk] Take a look at the seven YouTube videos below, all taken by student cell phone cameras in classrooms. Do we want students bringing to public attention these […]
Many folks are concerned that schools today are mostly about churningnout worker bees for uncaring corporations who are more than happy to chew upnemployees and spit them out in favor […]
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 […]
[cross-posted at the TechLearningnblog] n After nearly 24 hours here in Mumbai, several things alreadynare quite apparent to me… n n The Southern states in the USA – my previous […]
ASB Unplugged is a 1:1nlaptop conference for international schools, hosted by the American School of Bombay and the Laptop Institute. These are notesnfrom a session I attended on technology-related change […]
[cross-posted at the TechLearning blog] n Do you respond to PUSH or PULL? How about your students and staff? n David posted last week about the recent discussion in North […]
Justin Medved and Dennis Harter have done fabulous jobs this week as my guest bloggers . I appreciate their willingness to contribute to this community! My next guest will be […]
I received this message recently from someone who works in a school district department of research, evaluation, and assessment: Do any of you know of research on effective strategies for […]
I was recently a guest blogger for eduwonkette . She’s pushing up against my guideline of having a Technorati authority of less than 100, so I figure now is as […]
I was notified today of an interesting film competition for college and high school students: Film Your Issue (FYI). Here’s an excerpt from the press release: Winners are selected by […]
So I’m digging into this week’s Carnival of Education and first I read this (I love the quote by Sinclair!): Pop over to your neighborhood school and visit some classrooms. Is […]