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 […]
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Untitled Document Surprised? Two primarily online universities and one community college among the top five. FYI, the University of Phoenix has more than twice the number of students (117,309) as […]
[cross-posted at the TechLearning blog ] We have known for a long time (decades!) about what constitutes effective staff development. As the latest version of the National Staff Development Council […]
[cross-posted at the TechLearning blog] What social networks do I belong to? Let me see… MySpace. Ning Classroom 2.0. Facebook. Ning EdubloggerWorld. LinkedIn. Ning Stop Cyberbullying. The blogosphere. The Did […]
[cross-posted at LeaderTalk] Even when principals and teachers have access to data, they often aren’t sure what to do with it. That’s why CASTLE (okay, it was me!) created School […]
I was the keynote speaker for the Owatonna Public Schools‘ kickoff day for all staff for the new school year. I’ve worked with the district before. Not only am I […]
Many gaming-savvy teenagers and adults create modifications, or mods, of the video games that they play. By doing this, they transcend from mere players into virtual world creators. Conceptualizing, designing, […]
I don’t know how Will Richardson came across these pictures of the Detroit Public School Book Depository, but I can’t get them out of my head so I’m sharing them […]
Karl Fisch just sent me a link to this video. If you watch the first 10 minutes or so, you’ll see Hal Lindsey of the Trinity Broadcasting Network use Did […]
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 […]
In honor of the first day of school here in Ames, Iowa, here is the checklist I posted last year at this time. Hmmm… I wonder if schools have made […]
I’m a judge for Dan Meyer’s 4 Slides contest (entries are due Friday!). But here’s what I’d submit if I wasn’t… [click on each slide to see a larger version] […]
I’ve been tagged by several people to participate in the 8 RandomnThings meme. I usually don’t post about personal stuff on this blog, butngiven that my lastnpost opened me up […]
Chris Craft has posted an interesting scenario about the potential legal liability of using Slideshare , or any non-district-sponsored web service, that has advertisements that may be inappropriate for school-age […]
[cross-posted at the TechLearning blog] n Two weeks ago I reported on my second effort to catalog the edublogosphere, to put some shape and form to the amorphous network, to […]
Has it been a whole year already? Today Dangerously Irrelevant is one year old!
Yesterday evening a major bridge in Minneapolis collapsed into the Mississippi River in the middle of rush hour. I’d like to thank everyone who checked in to see if my family […]
[cross-posted at LeaderTalk] A lot of folks have been asking important questions about school leader preparation lately. The most recent issue of AASA’s The School Administrator magazine profiles four key […]
We are soliciting submissions for a new award honoring the best research article of the year related to P-12 technology leadership issues. The article may be published or unpublished, empirical […]
Many of give presentations or deliver training workshops for K-12 or postsecondary educators. As part of those professional development efforts, we have a variety of resources and favorites that we […]
[cross-posted at the TechLearning blog] n Back in January, when I had been blogging for five months but was still a blogosphere fledgling, I am embarrassed to say that I […]
Some of you may remember that I’m headed to Iowa State University in about a month. I ran across a story on its news service last week about Chad Harms, […]
From Wikinomics (p. 47): [T]his is the first time in human history when children are authorities on something really important . Think about that for a minute, because the implications […]
The Personal Democracy Forum has outlined a six-point technical agenda that it believes presidential candidates should support: Declare the Internet a public good. Commit to providing affordable high-speed wireless Internet […]
Earlier this month I featured a report from the Communication Workers of America (CWA) as my Report of the Week. Although I know that each of you usually reads every […]
If you haven’t seen these three films from Common Craft, I think they are great introductions for educators, parents, and others who are not familiar with these interactive Web 2.0 […]
Come back next Wednesday to find out more… [Photo credit:http://tinyurl.com/ajbch]
Check out this excerpt from Michael McVey’s post at LeaderTalk. So very, very sad… ‘I read that the prestigious University of Chicago Business School will accept four-slide presentations from applicants […]
Ken Pruitt has posted three great questions for school districts: What are the 21st century skills we want our teachers to model? How can we provide consistent and relevant training […]