[cross-posted at Moving at the Speed of Creativity] eSchoolNews has a fantastic letter from the editor regarding the federal government’s recent evaluation of learning software for schools. The editor lambasts […]
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[cross-posted at Moving at the Speed of Creativity] nn U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellingsnis under fire. Not only is the Department of Education dealing with the ReadingnFirst corruption scandal, […]
I have a research team that’s going to spend the summer interviewing as many of the eSchoolNews technology-savvy superintendents as we can. eSchoolNews has named 10 tech-savvy superintendents for each […]
As part of his five-point proposal to reform schools, Chris Whittle, founder of Edison Schools, proposes that we create five ‘principal universities.’ As Whittle notes, these would be the equivalent […]
[cross-posted at the TechLearning blog] I’ve been reading Everyware: The dawning age of ubiquitous computing by Adam Greenfield. It’s a fascinating book and I’m learning a lot. Greenfield’s essential premise […]
It may be friendly, but you still want to make sure there’s nothing breakable within reach.
Hey, all you educational bloggers! Get the vote out! Vote for Will, or Stephen, or Women of the Web, or (if you’re delusional) me, or whomever, but vote!
Jeff Brenman’s adaptation of Karl Fisch’s Did You Know? presentation is currently the most popular slideshow at SlideShare’s World’s Best Presentation Contest. If you haven’t seen it, Jeff’s version is […]
There has been both good commentary and handwringing in the education blogosphere over the recent decision in A.B. v. State (Ind.App.2007). For example, see the following: Tim Stahmer Dave Sherman […]
The secrets to a successful life? Wow. I’m hesitant to put myself anywherennear the top of that list. But since PetenReilly tagged me, I’ll share a few things that seem […]
The National Association of Elementary School Principals (NAESP) has chimed in on the U.S. Department of Education’s recent study comparing the effectiveness of different educational software packages: Are you considering […]
[cross-posted at Moving at the Speed of Creativity] One of the key beliefs of many edubloggers and educational technology enthusiasts is that digital technologies can, and should, empower students to […]
One of the largest studies ever done of United States classrooms (over 2,500 elementary classrooms) has found that elementary students spend over 90% of their time working alone or listening […]
I have seen the future of data presentation and it is Gapminder. Visit Gapminder and click on the Play button (bottom left) the geographic regions (top right) country names (right) […]
It has been a long while since I had a guest blogger. Next week Dr. Jayson Richardson, who is a colleague and frequent collaborator of mine here at the University […]
Here is an e-mail I just received from the Executive Director of the American Educational Research Association (AERA). Definitely worth a read if you’re interested in privacy issues… April 6, […]
[cross-posted at The Gate] Defamation can be either written (libel) or spoken (slander) and is generally defined as false statements of fact that harm another’s reputation. The United States Supreme […]
Over the weekend, I had the thought, “Who owns the comments on this blog? “ The Reasonable Man blog has a nice summary of copyright law on this issue and […]
Andy Carvin at Learning Now has declared this Friday, March 30, to be Stop Cyberbullying Day. I encourage everyone to read Andy’s post and join in. Share a story, take […]
Minnesota is used to being at the top. Our accolades include being one of the best states in the country in which to raise a family, being at the top […]
My contribution to Stop Cyberbullying Day is going to be threefold. First, this quick quiz:
Will Richardson says he’s stuck . I say we need a plan . Karl Fisch says we have a pretty good anticipatory set . Will says what next? We need […]
I had a very interesting conversation yesterday with a woman who works for one of the Big Four auditing companies. She’s essentially what I would call a virtual employee: her […]
I just finished reading Everything Bad Is Good For You . The author, Steven Johnson, makes a quite-convincing case that today’s popular culture and media (video games, television, Internet, movies), […]
[cross-posted at The Gate] In case you haven’t been following the issue, the federal government can’t make up its mind regarding Internet filtering. On the one hand, government attorneys vigorously […]
[cross-posted at LeaderTalk] I found this map of Ray Sims’ personal learning environment via a link from Stephen Downes (thanks, Stephen!). It’s a neat idea. I’m guessing that it would […]
As director of CASTLE, the nation’s only center dedicated to the technology leadership needs of K-12 school administrators, I’ve been named a finalist (again) for the cable industry’s Leaders in […]
As promised, here is the link to the Women of the Web 2.0 podcast and chat transcript from March 20, 2007: Women of the Web 2.0 Administrator Supershow Thanks to […]
To quote Casey Kasem: ‘the hits just keep on coming.’ Only in this case, the hits aren’t so good (at least not for American education). In case you haven’t been […]
How many times did I hear the title of this post when I was growing up in Virginia and visiting my relatives in the South?! Hope you can join me, […]