[cross-posted at the TechLearning blog] I talked my department chair into letting me do a 10–minute technology demonstration to my faculty colleagues at each of our monthly department meetings. My […]
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So I had this great idea. I’d contact TIME magazine, ask them for a clean PDF version of (and permission to freely reprint) their great article from last week, and […]
Kickstarter is a site that allows anyone to raise money from an online community in order to fund any sort of project. Here’s a primer on how to turn your vision into a reality.
While there are currently two dozen apps on the market designed to help people quit smoking, a new study says none of this software is likely to do the job.
I want to share with you a more personal update today — a new practice we’ve developed which has improved the marketing efforts at my company. We’ve recently begun practicing […]
First, I’d like to thank Scott for hosting me as part of my virtual tour to support The Best of Learning & Leading with Technology. You can follow the entire […]
When faced with decisions, our ability to make hunch evaluations varies considerably: Intuition can either be a useful ally or it can lead to costly and dangerous mistakes.
It’s that time of year again. It’s summer time and olderdrivers are in the news. Perennially trapped between humor and horror thedebate on older drivers continues in every state house, […]
In a guest post today, my colleague Paul D’Angelo, a professor of communication at The College of New Jersey, considers how the news media have defined the role of social […]
n During the peak of the social media revolution, “lean forward” was one of the buzzwords that was bandied about quite often to explain the changing habits of media consumption. […]
My goal for June: 30 days, 30 book reviews. Today’s book is Liberating Learning: Technology, Politics, and the Future of American Education by Terry Moe and John Chubb. I posted […]
The Ames (IA) Community School District – my kids’ district – is hiring both a new superintendent and a new high school principal for next year. Below is the letter […]
Jason Torpy argues in the American Humanist Association e-zine that “vegan priorities are humanist priorities.” His argument is a bait-and-switch–he sets you up for brie and leaves you with textured […]
In the coming years, we’ll see a convergence of new platforms for posing grand challenges and new tools to allow anyone to address these challenges.
The American people rescued these six banks. They’ve all violated the law, and they’re all suspected of even more possible illegalities.
It’s a new year in Congress. With the start of the 112th Congress the Republicans have assumed control of the House. Rep. John Boehner (R-OH) became the new Speaker of […]
I gave a bad presentation yesterday. It wasn’t bad because I had poor content or delivery. It was a bad presentation because I didn’t sufficiently account for the needs and […]
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 […]
[cross-posted at the TechLearning blog] nn A collection of thoughts about P-12 professional development, with a (hopefully) whiz-bang ending… n Big idea 1: Most current staff development is awful. n […]
My latest roundup of links and tools… n I read blocked blogs n n I’m gettin’ me some of these super-cool buttons (made by Stephanie Sandifer; inspired by Bud Hunt). […]
This arrived in my e-mail inbox yesterday: n n CDC REVIEW OF ELECTRONIC MEDIA AND YOUTH VIOLENCE Research Shows Increase in Electronic Aggression n In September 2006, experts from academic […]
[cross-posted at the TechLearning blog] What social networks do I belong to? Let me see… MySpace. Ning Classroom 2.0. Facebook. Ning EdubloggerWorld. LinkedIn. Ning Stop Cyberbullying. The blogosphere. The Did […]
Five days … twenty posts on school change … did we learn anything? Miguel Guhlin says, “Just finished skimming your entries. . . . Now, what do I do on […]
Many of my educational leadership colleagues across the country would say that they are working in the area of social justice. They write articles with titles like Expanding the landscape […]
The business world is full of what can be most kindly called “empty suits”—individuals who look the part but hollowly fulfill positions of power. In the art world, the empty […]
President Obama’s numbers are up. After averaging less than 47% percent approval for his second year in office, Obama’s approval is now up to 50% again. By an 8 point […]
tWhen Scott put out his initial request for guest bloggers on school leadership, we (Justin Medved and Dennis Harter) considered whether we fit the bill. We are not school heads […]
GUEST POST BY JASON SILVA “Intertwingularity” is a term coined by Ted Nelson to express the complexity of interrelations in human knowledge. He wrote: “EVERYTHING IS DEEPLY INTERTWINGLED. In an […]
I have a serious problem with how I find, attend to, curate, add to, and finally, publish information. Here’s my basic flow today: n n I use Facebook, Twitter, RSS, […]
Hillary Clinton, of all people, made my day last week when she said the news in the United States consists of “…a million commercials and, you know, arguments between talking […]