I often hear educators say… We could be teaching differently if it weren’t for ‘the tests.’ Or… We could do a better job of meeting our students’ needs if it […]
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Seth Godin’slatest talk at TED is now available. In his presentation, he talks about leadership, change, group action, and other ideas from his newest book, Tribes. Here is perhaps my […]
I was delighted to see the announcement from the American Association of School Administrators (AASA) that it is hosting a summit in July on technology leadership issues. AASA is the […]
A couple of weeks ago I launched an edublogger/eduTwitterer cookbook, BlogTweetCook.org. At the time, I said I didn’t know if it was a great idea or a dumb one. Well, […]
Here’s how we’re doing at collectively creating a list of model 21st century schools that are doing a nice job of infusing 21st century skills, digital technologies, problem- or inquiry-based […]
Those of you who read me regularly may recall my April 24 post that highlighted some parent complaints about the new elementary school schedule that was proposed by my school district’s […]
I’m getting excited for NECC 2009. Just a few more weeks and I’ll be griping about the hot, muggy weather in my hometown of Washington, D.C. I can’t wait! Those […]
Last night I ran across a series of PowerPoint tips from Wendy Russell that I thought were worth sharing… 1. Start creating your presentations in widescreen format I hadn’t really […]
If I didn’t subscribe to Assorted Stuff, I’d miss brilliant, hysterical stuff like this: A crappy copy should work just fine Be sure to watch the MPAA’s video and read […]
Michael Port says… n n The time has come. We cannot wait anymore. For years, we have hidden behind our own small thoughts or let ourselves be held back by […]
I’m getting more requests to come speak to groups. Here are 8 items that are indispensable to me as a presenter (click on each image for a larger version)… 1. Presentation remote […]
Here are two presentations by Dr. Richard Miller, Chair of the English Department at Rutgers University, that are well worth any university instructor’s time to watch. The Future Is Now: […]
Michael Port says… We will be ridiculed for declaring ourselves to be big thinkers. To declare anything is to take a chance, to put ourselves on the line, to risk […]
This morning we had Episode 5 of 4 Guys Talking, the new ‘talk radio’ podcast series from CASTLE. We spent almost the entire time talking about university educational leadership preparation programs. n Our […]
Steve Hargadon over at Classroom 2.0 has an amazing set of webinars lined up for us this week. Here’s the relevant portion of Steve’s recent e-mail message: Tuesday, May 5th, […]
Here’s a 2minute video about 21st century schooling and curricula that was created by one of our Educational Administration Master’s students, Steven Hopper, here at Iowa State University. I can take […]
Chad Frerichs, Director of Technology for the Okoboji (IA) Community Schools, listened to Episode 4 of the 4 Guys Talking podcast and disagreed with Jeff Mao’s assertion that netbooks were […]
[cross-posted at LeaderTalk] We’ve been discussing teacher quality for decades. Everyone is rightfully concerned about making sure that good teachers are in front of students. Thus the teacher quality provisions […]
Dr. Lane Mills, Associate Professor at East Carolina University (ECU) and board member for the journal, Innovate, will be our next guest on the 4 Guys Talking podcast. Lane’s working hard to […]
A week ago I asked for your help identifying model 21st century schools. Although I knew of a few schools or districts that were good models of what the new learning paradigm […]
Okay, I don’t know if this is a great idea or a dumb one but I thought I’d roll it out and see (the Twittersphere seemed to like it a […]
This year I started writing a column in the SAI Report, the monthly PDF newsletter put out by the School Administrators of Iowa for its members. With SAI’s permission, I’ve […]
From Mike Sansone: I once asked a teacher what would happen if they treated their students like customers, with a design philosophy of customer experience in mind. The teacher was […]
The elementary principals here are collectively rearranging their schools’ schedules to create a unified literacy block every morning and greater opportunity for teachers to have common planning time. In order […]
Yesterday Ben Grey highlighted an issue that often arises when educators think about technology initiatives: If a public school teacher writes a grant for technology, but the district can’t sustain […]
I was disappointed to read recently in the Des Moines Register that Kalona Elementary School here in Iowa is discontinuing its Arabic language program due to lack of funding. Not only is it […]
Incumbents very seldom invent the future. – Eric Schmidt, Google CEO, in Dinosaur at the Gate
Which schools are good models that others could (should) visit to see what a new educational paradigm might look like? This is the #1 question I get asked when I […]
Yesterday was Episode 4 of 4 Guys Talking, the new ‘talk radio’ podcast series from CASTLE. We spent the entire time talking about 1:1 laptop programs. Our first 50 minutes was spent […]
Tomorrow is Iowa State University’s first-ever symposium for the new ComETS group here on campus. Modeled after a similar group at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, ComETS is an attempt to bring […]