[hat tip to Richard Florida] UNESCO defines research and development (R&D) as: Any creative systematic activity undertaken in order to increase the stock of knowledge, including knowledge of man, culture, […]
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Over on the World Class Schools for Iowa blog, Linda Fandel of the Des Moines Registerinterviewed Chris Bern, new president of the Iowa State Education Association. At the end of […]
My latest roundup of links and tools… The critics need a reboot David Wolman’s article in Wired Magazine is a quick and effective rebuttal of those who claim that technology […]
I don’t blog about technology tools too often, but I thought I’d share my computer setup at home (my setup at work is quite similar): I have no data files […]
My latest roundup of links and tools… By now we should be thinking about the Internet like we do water and electricity Slate Magazine notes that Camp McCain . . […]
Senators Grassley and Harkin, I am writing to you as a citizen of Iowa. Senate Bill 3325, The Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights Act of 2008, recently was introduced in […]
I added a Good Books button to the right side of my blog. If you click on it, you’ll get to all of my recommended reading lists that I posted […]
Last night was Family Night at my kids’ elementary school. You know, that night when you visit your kid’s class with the other parents, learn about the curriculum and teacher […]
I often get asked by administrators for some recommended reading. Here are some of my favorite books on delivering effective presentations. If the Amazon widget doesn’t load in a few […]
How I Spent My Summer Vacation, by I. B. PoorWriter Monday I can’t believe I’m even here. My friends get to go swimming, play at the park, and ride bikes. Instead […]
I was a little stunned to see that I was the lead-in for this article in The Washington Diplomat: Thinking technology I think I came across a little harsher than […]
I often get asked by administrators for some recommended reading. Here are some of my favorite books about stuff that just blows my mind. If the Amazon widget doesn’t load […]
There were a number of great entries for my technology poem / song contest, but in the end there has to be a winner. After weeks of agonizing deliberation and […]
My latest roundup of links and tools… Do buildings matter? Jay Matthews wonders how much we should care about decrepit school buildings. Math matters Daniel de Vise provides an even-handed […]
Vaccinations are one of the greatest achievements in all of human history when it comes to societal health and well-being, but increasing numbers of families are opting out of supposedly […]
[cross-posted at LeaderTalk] I just finished Dr. Paul Collier’s award-winning book, The Bottom Billion. An economics professor at Oxford University, Collier notes that traditionally we have thought of the world’s […]
I often get asked by administrators for some recommended reading. Here are some of my favorite books on teaching and learning. If the Amazon widget doesn’t load in a few […]
Teachers aren’t integrating digital technologies into their instruction on a regular basis. “Some are.” The administrators who are in charge of leading their school organizations into the information age don’t […]
I often get asked by administrators for some recommended reading. Here are some of my favorite books on data-driven decision-making. If the Amazon widget doesn’t load in a few seconds, […]
I often get asked by administrators for some recommended reading. Here are some of my favorite books on educational gaming. If the Amazon widget doesn’t load in a few seconds, […]
I often get asked by administrators for some recommended reading. Here are some of my favorite books on demographic shifts. If the Amazon widget doesn’t load in a few seconds, […]
Earlier this week I disagreed with Jeff Utecht. Today I’m going to heartily agree with him. Over at the SchoolFinder blog, Jeff said: It was interesting yesterday at a parent […]
I often get asked by administrators for some recommended reading. Here are some of my favorite books on marketing. If the Amazon widget doesn’t load in a few seconds, here’s […]
Jeff Utecht says that innAmerica (as opposed to China): n n [W]e focus on getting students to think different, we encourage them tonthink, to analyze, to question their findings. We […]
I often get asked by administrators for some recommended reading. Here are some of my favorite books on school leadership. If the Amazon widget doesn’t load in a few seconds, […]
The first season of edublogger fantasy baseball is nearing its conclusion. Dr. Jon Becker of Educational Insanity ran away with the league, despite many of us his questioning his sanity […]
I ran across a great video by Richard Armand, the Mesquite (TX) Independent School District Administrative Officer for Technology. I have added it to the Moving Forward wiki. You can […]
I often get asked by administrators for some recommended reading. Here are some of my favorite books on how the world has changed. If the Amazon widget doesn’t load in […]
I realized that in two years I had never added a link to subscribe to Dangerously Irrelevant via e-mail. LeaderTalk has had such a link since its inception. So I […]
So far 85 people have completed the online survey version of the Beginning of the Year Technology Checklist. Initial results are very interesting… If you haven’t yet completed the survey […]