Today kicks off Chart Week here at Dangerously Irrelevant. Today’s topic is Internet access in public schools and public school classrooms. All data are from the recently-released NCES report, Internet […]
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Here’s a fun video from the Minneapolis Star Tribune. A reporter interviewed local teens on the topic of Internet safety. Nothing too earth-shattering here, but fun nonetheless. Mindworks: Internet safety […]
Today is the second day of Chart Week here at Dangerously Irrelevant. Yesterday’s topic, Internet access in public schools and public school classrooms, may not have been very exciting for […]
After my TIES session last Tuesday on blogging administrators , I sat in on a presentation by Aimee Bissonette. Aimee is an attorney for Little Buffalo Law & Consulting and […]
As a professor at a large research institution, I’ve been thinking a lot about the future of academic publishing. While this topic may not seem to be of interest to […]
Although this quote from Worldchanging doesn’t pertain directly to education or educational technology, I thought it was pretty relevant to what we’re trying to make happen in the next few […]
Miguel took exception to my ISTE point/counterpoint article on using RFID chips to monitor schoolchildren in school. I knew my stance would be controversial when I wrote the piece, so […]
After meeting with a doctoral student yesterday who drove two hours each way for a one-hour meeting, I decided enough was enough, at least with my own advisees. I made […]
In the past few weeks I have received thank you notes from three current or former students. Here’s one example: nn During this week of giving thanks, I am certainly […]
Yesterday I posted about some folks for whom I’m thankful. I have a few others to add that are a little more local. In addition to those I mentioned yesterday, […]
Today’s a good day to brag about some of our CASTLE friends… A couple of weeks ago one of our School Technology Leadership alumni, Jennette Kane, was honored as one […]
The federal government spent $45.7nbillion on elementary and secondary education in 20052006. This representednabout 8.2% of the overall government spending on P-12 education in our country,nwith the rest of the […]
What if every teacher received 40 hours a year of content-specific training in Web 2.0 technologies (wikis, blogs, podcasts, social networking, photo sharing, social bookmarks, mashups, etc.) and also had […]
What if every student, not just those in Michigan, had to take at least one high-quality online course before they graduated from high school? What if every teacher and administrator […]
Today is the last day of my week-long series related to gaming, cognition, and education. Remember that I am approaching this issue with the following question in mind: Why is […]
Yesterday I concluded my series of posts related to gaming, cognition, and education. The purpose of the series was to illustrate some of the powerful learning principles that are present […]
The day after Halloween is probably a good day to write about fear. I just finished reading The Culture of Fear by Barry Glassner. In this highly-acclaimed book, Glassner points […]
Gerry Beimler, who is Manager of Leadership Development Programs for the Chicago Public Schools Office of eLearning and one of our School Technology Leadership graduate certificate students, forwarded me this […]
Over at Ideas and Thoughts from an EdTech, Dean mentions that he’s “going to be talking to senior administrators tomorrow about beginning to blog. I know that they’ll ask when […]
It’s been about a month since I announced a new CASTLE project: to get 100 new principal blogs up and running within 100 days. To date we’ve had 43 request […]
Imagine that you’re an English-speaking American citizen who gets swept up by a whirlwind and plunked down in the middle of the Andes Mountains in Peru. You have no idea […]
I recently spent a wonderful four days in San Antonio, Texas at the UCEA Convention. One of the highlights of my trip was spending time with Miguel Guhlin. Miguel and […]
I do a lot of work with schools on data-driven accountability issues. Before you immediately decide that I’m just another data huckster, I’ll point out now that my work with […]
It’s important to acknowledge when you have made a mistake. I made one that I definitely should have caught – as an attorney, I’m a little embarrassed about this one. […]
Educators and parents are quick to disparage video games – they’re a ‘waste of time,’ they’re ‘too violent,’ or they lead to repetitive stress injuries (nintendinitis). And yet, even non-gamers […]
Today I continue my week-long series related to gaming, cognition, and education. If you recall from yesterday, I am approaching this issue with the following question in mind: Why is […]
Today is Day 3 of my week-long series related to gaming, cognition, and education. Remember that I am approaching this issue with the following question in mind: Why is it […]
Forty-one states use the Interstate School Leaders Licensure Consortium (ISLLC) Standards for School Leaders as the model for their administrator certification and preparation programs. The ISLLC standards currently are under […]
Today is Day 4 of my week-long series related to gaming, cognition, and education. Remember that I am approaching this issue with the following question in mind: Why is it […]
Today is Day 5 of my week-long series related to gaming, cognition, and education. Remember that I am approaching this issue with the following question in mind: Why is it […]