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No matter what else may happen at this NECC conference, I can say with no hesitation whatsoever that my favorite moment will be – after all of our Did You […]
I attended the SIGTC Forum, run by Ferdi Serim, on Sunday for about an hour. SIGTC is ISTE’s special interest group for technology coordinators. Two things from the session that […]
Jeff Utecht said: I’m worried these type of get out the tools and play sessions where we are all learning and teaching will be forced out of the Blogger’s Cafe. […]
Yesterday was a fun day here at NECC. Other than the SIGTC Forum, I had nothing scheduled. Of course I hung out in the Blogger’s Cafe! When I showed up […]
[cross-posted at the TechLearning blog] nn Thisnis a picture of the Mobile Quarantine Facility built by NASA for astronauts returning fromnthe Moon. It’s basically a modified Airstreamntrailer. The idea was […]
A year ago I wrote: n n Many of our school leaders (principals, superintendents, central office administrators) need help when it comes to digital technologies. A lot of help, to […]
I got this e-mail last week from a media company (and, no, you probably don’t know who it is): [We have] an outstanding group blog. I’d like to get more […]
Whack! Whack! Whack! That’s my 4-year-old playing mini-golf. He discovered the joys of the game this spring in Florida. Whack! Whack! Whack! He doesn’t care what his score is. He […]
Every time I make a list of the ‘top’ edublogs (as measured by Technorati ranking), it seems that I also end up writing a follow-up post. For example, I wrote […]
I ran across an interesting article, From Literacy to Digiracy, in The Economist (hat tip to Angela Maiers). Here’s the money quote: For anyone under the age of 20, the […]
Dear DetentionSlip.org, I like your blog. I’m a regular subscriber, appreciate your work, and will use your site numerous times for my school law class. But would you please, please […]
There’s a fine line between being a public intellectual and just being a pundit. On many days I’m not sure on which side of the line I’m walking…
What would happen if you expected that 15 to 25 people would be interested in your online summer book club and 105 showed up instead? I don’t know but we’re […]
Below is my comment to Justin Bathon’s latest post . Mosey on over to his absolutely excellent school law blog and let him know what you think… Some questions for […]
Laura said : There are a lot of Ed Tech blogs and they don’t appeal to the average teacher who is not a tech junkie. Would you consider doing a […]
[cross-posted at the TechLearning blog] n Many of you know that I occasionally try to wrap my head around various aspects of the education blogosphere. In the past I’ve written […]
Greg Davis, who’s on the CASTLE Advisory Board, sent me the Change is Good video yesterday. It’s cute and makes some good points. Here are a few that stood out […]
Imagine each of the blocks below represents 1,000 students. That’s how many members of the public high school class of 2008 will fail to graduate without a diploma. Be sure […]
The publicity grows regarding our collective ideas for active summer learning with technology. In addition to appearing on the ISU News Service home page and in the Ames (IA) Tribune, […]
I’m a big fan of the videos from Common Craft. I use them constantly in my classes and workshops. Their newest video is Social Media in Plain English: I also […]
[cross-posted at LeaderTalk] When I moved to Iowa from Minnesota, the Iowa Motor Vehicle Division (MVD) didn’t test me before it issued me a driver’s license. It took into account […]
Today we officially topped 60 participants for CASTLE’s first annual summer book club. That’s great! – and many more people than I ever anticipated – but it also presents some […]
I really liked this image of the inverted U from Peter Morville’s Ambient Findability so I decided to make my own version: I’m a strong proponent of data-driven practice, particularly […]
It’s the end of the school year and it’s time for a new contest. In honor of Mike Schmoker’s classic Crayola Curriculum article… What’s the most dismaying / inane / […]
For those of you who are interested, here are the current standings for BlogBall08, our edubloggers’ fantasy baseball league…
Wow. Could The Age of the Millenials have been any more one-sided? I know the audience for 60 Minutes skews older but this episode was pretty over the top, even […]
One of the perks of being named a Leader in Learning by the cable industry is that you usually get a profile in its monthly magazine. This month’s issue of […]
After much deliberation and several delays, Wesley Fryer and I have picked a winner for the NECC button design contest. We had 22 different button submissions. We narrowed it down […]
Postman & Weingartner (1968, p. 23) noted: Knowledge is produced in response to questions. And new knowledge results from the asking of new questions; quite often new questions about old […]