Here’s a quote I ran across today from Lawrence Lessig (whom I heard speak for a few minutes in July!): n n [W]hile the Internet has indeed produced something fantastic […]
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Seth Godin is one of my favorite thinkers. I’ve learned a ton from him. Here are a couple of quotes from his post today on education. School was the big […]
THE PUSH is struggling a bit right now. The past few categories have been tough. Yesterday we only identified 3 excellent agricultural education blogs. We’re doing okay in most other areas […]
By all accounts THE PUSH has been a big success. However, some areas are more difficult than others. For example, yesterday we only identified 1 excellent drama / theater education blog. That’s […]
The personal computer has been around for about 30 years. For most of us, the Internet has been around for about 10 years. And yet we still have a sizable […]
Yesterday was a tough day for THE PUSH. We only came up with 2 excellent vocational / applied / industrial technology education blogs yesterday. If you know of any more, we […]
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Yesterday THE PUSH identified 20 excellent special education blogs. Nice work, everyone! Here’s how we’re doing in other areas: 2 vocational / applied / industrial technology education blogs (we need more of these!), 5 […]
As a blogger, it’s sometimes hard to anticipate how folks will react to your content. If you’re striving to reach and dialogue with others, hopefully your blogging is of value […]
THE PUSH has a big challenge today. Are we up to the task? Yesterday we identified 7 excellent music education blogs. Here’s how we’re doing in other areas: 13 art education […]
Here are my notes from Dr. Yong Zhao’s presentation, Catching Up or Leading the Way: American Education in the Age of Globalization, at the 2009 School Administrators of Iowa (SAI) conference… […]
Well, THE PUSH only came up with 4 excellent physical / health education blogs yesterday. If you know of any more, we could use them. Here’s how we’re doing in other areas: […]
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THE PUSH had another great day yesterday. We’re now up to: 8 English / language arts education blogs, 13 science education blogs, and 24 math education blogs. Thanks, everyone! Today […]
Tom Whitby had an interesting idea: create a Twitter account for a school administrator that was pre-loaded with 50 people to follow. n n Beth Still liked the idea and blogged about it. […]
THE PUSH continues… So far we’re up to: 6 Social Studies education blogs (really? that’s all?), 9 English / language arts education blogs, 17 science education blogs, and 24 math education […]
THE PUSH is getting HARDER as we move away from the “core” areas. Yesterday we only identified 2 (yes, 2) excellent language education blogs. We’re doing much better in other areas: 9 Social Studies […]
The New York Timesreports today on a study of MySpace users from the United Kingdom. Here is a quote from the article: The MySpace study asked social networking users between […]
THE PUSH continues to get more DIFFICULT as we head away from the “core” areas. Yesterday was a good day. We identified 12 excellent art education blogs. Here’s how we’re doing in […]
On page 52 of Free: The Future of a Radical Price, Chris Anderson notes: Products that can become commoditized and cheap tend to do so, and companies seeking profits move […]
THE PUSH begins today! What is THE PUSH? Glad you asked! Every single day for at least the next two weeks, we work together to identify excellent subject-specific blogs that are […]
Yesterday I announced THE PUSH… [and we generated an amazing list in just 24 hours] Today we work on SCIENCE EDUCATION. What are some excellent science education blogs that P-12 science educators should […]
Thirteen science education blogs and twenty-four math education blogs later, THE PUSH is off to a good start! Today we work on ENGLISH / LANGUAGE ARTS EDUCATION. What are some excellent English / […]
The best-selling netbooks typically fall within the $300 to $400 range and their capabilities are increasing rapidly as manufacturers figure out how to include more features. For example, we are […]
The Des Moines Register reported today that the St. Ansgar (IA) Schools have given up on their proposal to purchase a device that would jam mobile phone signals after confirming […]
[cross-posted at LeaderTalk] As leaders, we often know what is the right thing to do. Just to pick a few examples… We know that ongoing, formative progress monitoring is more appropriate […]
Every year the School Administrators of Iowa asks its members what priority it should give to various legislative and/or lobbying issues. Here are my responses to some of the items […]
Both of my NECC 2009 presentations are now available! As I noted earlier, my first presentation, Effective Leadership in an Era of Disruptive Innovation, is available at ISTEVision. My second […]
Since my preview of Conspiracy Code: U.S. History at NECC, I’ve been thinking again about educational games… n Here are a bunch of screen shots of different online games for learning. I […]
Here are my notes from Day 1 of the World Technology Summit & Awards in New York City. My colleague at Iowa State, Dr. John Nash, and I have been […]