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It has been a long while since I had a guest blogger. Next week Dr. Jayson Richardson, who is a colleague and frequent collaborator of mine here at the University […]
Here is an e-mail I just received from the Executive Director of the American Educational Research Association (AERA). Definitely worth a read if you’re interested in privacy issues… April 6, […]
[cross-posted at The Gate] Defamation can be either written (libel) or spoken (slander) and is generally defined as false statements of fact that harm another’s reputation. The United States Supreme […]
Over the weekend, I had the thought, “Who owns the comments on this blog? “ The Reasonable Man blog has a nice summary of copyright law on this issue and […]
Andy Carvin at Learning Now has declared this Friday, March 30, to be Stop Cyberbullying Day. I encourage everyone to read Andy’s post and join in. Share a story, take […]
Minnesota is used to being at the top. Our accolades include being one of the best states in the country in which to raise a family, being at the top […]
My contribution to Stop Cyberbullying Day is going to be threefold. First, this quick quiz:
Will Richardson says he’s stuck . I say we need a plan . Karl Fisch says we have a pretty good anticipatory set . Will says what next? We need […]
I had a very interesting conversation yesterday with a woman who works for one of the Big Four auditing companies. She’s essentially what I would call a virtual employee: her […]
I just finished reading Everything Bad Is Good For You . The author, Steven Johnson, makes a quite-convincing case that today’s popular culture and media (video games, television, Internet, movies), […]
[cross-posted at The Gate] In case you haven’t been following the issue, the federal government can’t make up its mind regarding Internet filtering. On the one hand, government attorneys vigorously […]
[cross-posted at LeaderTalk] I found this map of Ray Sims’ personal learning environment via a link from Stephen Downes (thanks, Stephen!). It’s a neat idea. I’m guessing that it would […]
As director of CASTLE, the nation’s only center dedicated to the technology leadership needs of K-12 school administrators, I’ve been named a finalist (again) for the cable industry’s Leaders in […]
As promised, here is the link to the Women of the Web 2.0 podcast and chat transcript from March 20, 2007: Women of the Web 2.0 Administrator Supershow Thanks to […]
To quote Casey Kasem: ‘the hits just keep on coming.’ Only in this case, the hits aren’t so good (at least not for American education). In case you haven’t been […]
How many times did I hear the title of this post when I was growing up in Virginia and visiting my relatives in the South?! Hope you can join me, […]
[cross-posted at The Gate] Someone recently sent me the following quote from a school administrator (regarding legal concerns related to technology initiatives): The school district is legally obligated to protect […]
Random musings. Half-finished (and quite possibly half-baked) thoughts. Things that have caught my eye… Helpful school guidelines Ewan McIntosh kindly shares East Lothian’s self-publishing and social media guidelines for students […]
I hate the whole concept of Fox’s television show, Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader? Here’s why… The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel thought it would be fun to have local […]
I started a new blog last week. At the Schoolhouse Gate, a.k.a. “The Gate,” will focus on school law issues. The Gate is intended to be a space where news […]
As I speak with districts about ramping up for the 21st century , special education teachers and directors have asked me several times lately: What will the role of adults […]
Does your school organization make decisions because they sound good or because internal analysis shows they’re the right decisions to make? In other words, what department do your decisions fall […]
[cross-posted at the TechLearning blog] [Law students learn to argue both sides of any issue because as attorneys they may be hired for either side of a case. Knowledge of […]
Both Will Richardson and Andrew Pass blogged about tonight’s conversation with Senator Lamar Alexander regarding the proposed America COMPETES legislation. I will be participating in that conference call too. FYI, […]
It may be that few of you are interested in this besides me, but I thought I’d post on the impact that Did You Know? has had on this blog […]
Cara Hagen has a fun post on her EdTechConnection blog describing the challenges she faces as she tries to balance blogging and learning new technologies with the other demands of […]
Recently I had the good fortune to be a featured guest on Comcast Newsmakers, a show that runs occasionally after CNN Headline News and is viewed across Minnesota and western […]
In the March issue of NEA Today magazine, a high school Spanish teacher writes in: I use a lottery to reward homework completion. All my students write their names on […]
[cross-posted at LeaderTalk] One of the reasons I like the Eduwonk blog so much is that Andy Rotherham doesn’t pull any punches. I may not always agree with what he […]
Another installment of my ongoing series of half-finished (and quite possibly half-baked) thoughts that are running through my head… Meetings Stand up and save time? I am guessing some (many?) […]