Earlier in the day. After she won her pink ‘Making It Happen’ jacket!
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Michael Flanagan, the Michigan Superintendent of Public Instruction, won SETDA’s policymaker award tonight. My favorite quote: “Quit using overheads! The bowling alley had them before we did AND they got […]
SETDA, ISTE, and the Partnership for 21st Century Skills released a document last night called Maximizing the impact: The pivotal role of technology in a 21st century education system. Take […]
Earlier this week I blogged about fighting fearmongering. PREA Prez notes that the next day his district blocked my blog: [click on image for larger version] Ironic timing, isn’t it, Doug?
Drop Out Factories Bill Gates says U.S. schools are “broken.” Alvin Toffler calls them relics of a by-gone industrial age. Now, according to Johns Hopkins University researchers, 1 in 10 […]
Rural School Enrollments: Diverse and Rising After years of shrinking enrollments, rural school populations are on the rise. Minority students and English Language Learners account for a high proportion of […]
The Wikipedia gap I don’t know about you, but when I hire someone, or go to the doctor or the architect or an engineer, I could care less about how […]
Send Kim some smelling salts (i.e., comments) to try and revive her. We need her back. 1 year ago:Gaming, cognition, and education – Wrap-up
Some of you may be interested in Through the Keyhole, my ‘random thoughts’ blog where I put stuff not directly related to K-12 technology and/or leadership issues. Recent posts have […]
First Karl Fisch, original creator of Did You Know?, gets profiled in the Rocky Mountain News. Then he gets mentioned on the CNN Saturday Morning show (at the end). Oh, […]
I ran across an interesting thread on NCLB, courtesy of Joanne Jacobs. First, Karin Chenoweth notes that the good old days before NCLB weren’t so good. TMAO concurred, stating that […]
It’s been a wild, wild year for me. Earlier this week I was honored as one of NSBA’s 20 To Watch and in June I was one of the cable […]
I had a great trip to San Antonio. It was fun hanging out with Miguel Friday afternoon and evening. As you can see, we are not above making idiots of […]
I just received a note from Edutopia announcing its new Go Green initiative. Apparently they’ve created a database / clearinghouse designed to help educators ‘integrate knowledge and awareness of Earth’s […]
From Karin Chenoweth at the Britannica blog: Everyone in a school knows that some teachers are effective and some aren’t, but in most schools there is no organized way to […]
One of the biggest things standing in the way of student technology usage in schools is adults’ fear. Over at the Blue Skunk Blog, Doug Johnson posted a message from […]
[cross-posted at the TechLearning blog] Here is a suggested five-step conversation plan for creating greater interest in digital technologies by your school administrators… Step 1. Acrobat “Can I have 10 […]
As usual, Seth Godin nails it right on the head: If we don’t slam this door shut, then everyone will do it… This is really why we lock everything out […]
If you haven’t seen them yet, here are three must-see videos from Dr. Michael Wesch, Assistant Professor of Cultural Anthropology at Kansas State University: Web 2.0 … the Machine is […]
Today The Economist kicks off what looks to be quite an interesting debate event on educational issues. The first debate will address the following proposition: This house believes that the […]
[this post is my contribution to Blog Action Day] E-waste is an enormous environmental issue. Digital technologies such as computers and electronic gadgets are full of toxic metals and other […]
Today I’m being honored by the good folks at the National School Boards Association at their annual Technology + Learning conference. They’ve named me as one of their ‘20 To […]
A few months back, Susan McLester, Editor in Chief of Technology and Learning magazine, asked if I would write a monthly column on higher education technology issues. Always mindful of […]
Check out the transcript of Will Richardson’slive online chat about the educational benefits of social networking. Part of the fun at this year’s T+L conference! FYI, tomorrow is an online […]
I missed most of David Pogue’s presentation this morning at ITEC because I had to first meet the folks from the carpet company who were coming to measure the rooms […]
I’ve been hanging out with the folks from the University of Northern Iowa Instructional Technology program a lot the past two days (from left to right: Dr. Leigh Zeitz, Magda […]
[cross-posted at the TechLearning blog] nn I have been reading with great interest the conversations that have been sparked by Kurt Paccio’s post on Internet filtering. As my brain has […]
Blog Action Day is Monday: thousands of bloggers posting on environmental issues. I’m going to be posting a few thoughts on what school leaders need to know about computer recycling […]