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Yesterday was a good day for THE PUSH. We now have a list of 13 excellent P-12 business / computer science education blogs! As we get closer to the end (only […]

This past Saturday was Dangerously Irrelevant’s third birthday. Wow. So much for an experiment that I thought I’d try for a few months! Today this blog tipped over the 6,000 […]

Yesterday was a better day for THE PUSH. We identified 8 excellent preschool / early childhood education blogs. We’re doing okay in most other areas but could use some help with these: […]

Here are two quotes from Education and Learning to Think, an interesting little research-based book published by the National Research Council way back in 1987! Higher order thinking is nonalgorithmic. […]

Yesterday was another great day for THE PUSH! We identified 11 excellent English as a second language (ESL) education blogs. We’re doing okay in most other areas but could use some help […]

Yesterday was a good day for THE PUSH! We identified 7 excellent gifted education blogs. We’re doing okay in most other areas but could use some help with these: agricultural education (only […]

Sometimes THE PUSH has a tough day. Yesterday we only identified 2 excellent school counseling / college and career counseling / school psychology education blogs. We’re doing okay in most other areas […]

THE PUSH is a hit: we’re getting closer and closer to 200 excellent subject-specific P-12 blogs! However, we’re in a really tough stretch right now. Yesterday we only identified 2 excellent […]

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 […]

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: […]

Download this file: pngpptpptx See also my other slides and the Great Quotes About Learning and Change Flickr pool. UPDATE 1: In addition to the great comments below, see alsomy follow-up post. […]

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 […]