Guest Thinkers

[cross-posted at LeaderTalk] Take a look at the seven YouTube videos below, all taken by student cell phone cameras in classrooms. Do we want students bringing to public attention these […]

Many folks are concerned that schools today are mostly about churningnout worker bees for uncaring corporations who are more than happy to chew upnemployees and spit them out in favor […]

Mike Parent has done a fantastic job this week of guest blogging. If you like what you’ve read from Mike, check out his blog, The Schoolhouse Dissident. Jason Dyer will […]

[cross-posted at the TechLearningnblog] n After nearly 24 hours here in Mumbai, several things alreadynare quite apparent to me… n n The Southern states in the USA – my previous […]

ASB Unplugged is a 1:1nlaptop conference for international schools, hosted by the American School of Bombay and the Laptop Institute. These are notesnfrom a session I attended on technology-related change […]

[cross-posted at the TechLearning blog] n Do you respond to PUSH or PULL? How about your students and staff? n David posted last week about the recent discussion in North […]

Justin Medved and Dennis Harter have done fabulous jobs this week as my guest bloggers . I appreciate their willingness to contribute to this community! My next guest will be […]

I received this message recently from someone who works in a school district department of research, evaluation, and assessment: Do any of you know of research on effective strategies for […]

I was recently a guest blogger for eduwonkette . She’s pushing up against my guideline of having a Technorati authority of less than 100, so I figure now is as […]

I was notified today of an interesting film competition for college and high school students: Film Your Issue (FYI). Here’s an excerpt from the press release: Winners are selected by […]

So I’m digging into this week’s Carnival of Education and first I read this (I love the quote by Sinclair!): Pop over to your neighborhood school and visit some classrooms. Is […]

I thoroughly enjoyed reading the submissions for mynrecent contest. As you may recall, I asked readers, “What would be a goodnsix-word motto for your nation’s schools?” n Here are my […]

The MIT OpenCourseWare initiative has repackaged many of its materials for secondary teachers and students. The Highlights for High School web site includes more than 2,600 video and audio clips […]

At the request of her principal, Pam delivered a presentation to her staff on technology tools. At a follow-up meeting, she faced a lot of criticism from members of the […]

Wow. Greg Cruey sparked a lot of conversation and set a high bar for my guest bloggers in 2008 . Nice work, Greg! Stepping up to the plate next is […]

Okay, Miguel and Marion, I’m in. Here’s my entry for the Passion Quilt meme. The bottom portion of this image best captures what I most passionately want children to learn […]

My colleague and good friend, Dr. Jon Becker, has a new blog, Educational Insanity, that’s worth checking out. Here are some excerpts from a recent post on technology planning: There […]

[I was supposed to post this last Friday. This is starting to become a troubling trend…] My next recipient of the crimson megaphone is Alice Mercer, a teacher in California. […]

[cross-posted at eduwonkette; see also her response] When eduwonkette asked me to guest blog about data-driven decision-making in schools, I eagerly agreed. Why? Because in my work with numerous school […]

[cross-posted at LeaderTalk] The latest issue of AASA‘s The School Administrator is on the topic of globalization and education. LeaderTalk‘s very own Dr. Terry Holliday, Superintendent of the Iredell-Statesville (NC) […]

[I’m a little behind. I was supposed to post this last Friday…] I am thrilled to announce the next recipient of the crimson megaphone : Kim Moritz, an associate superintendent […]

In honor of the contest over at the Freakonomics blog, what would be a good six-word motto for your nation’s schools? Include both your motto AND your country in the […]

Thinking about getting your Master’s or doctorate in K-12 school leadership or instructional technology? Have the ability to move to the super nifty college town of Ames, Iowa? If so, […]

Behold the power of Web 2.0: My original post = 26 comments (that’s pretty good!) Pete Reilly’s follow-up post = 52 comments (and counting; that’s awesome!) Others’ follow-up posts (and […]

Occasionally I have a guest blogger here at Dangerously Irrelevant just to spice things up a bit. You can read past guests’ contributions by clicking on the Guest Bloggers category. […]

As a follow-up to the Education Week article, The Knowledge Gap, that I mentioned last week, I’m participating in an online chat with Keith Krueger, Executive Director for the Consortium […]

As Seth Godin notes , there’s a huge difference between this: THERE ARE NO REFUNDS, NO EXCEPTIONS.THERE ARE NO EXCHANGES ON PLANTS.ALL LISTED CONDITIONS MUST BE MET IN ORDER TO […]

Edublogs has come out with an online magazine. One of the articles reports on Aseem Badshah’s attempt to list the ‘top edubloggers’ (as measured by Technorati ranking). Although I’m delighted […]

Over the past few years, I mentioned several times to Keith Krueger, CEO of the Consortium for School Networking (CoSN) , that CoSN was a great organization for larger districts […]

My RFP for guest bloggers has gotten some responses. I’m excited! First out of the chute is Greg Cruey. I asked Greg for a short blurb about himself. Here’s what […]