What is the best strategy to learn / memorize? Taking a look at Amazon you will find a wide variety of books on that topic and I am pretty sure […]
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So, you’re making your technology pitch to the school. You’ve just been to the conference and still feel the warm buzz of The Future, and you want the teachers to […]
Professor of mathematics and physics at Columbia University, Brian Greene specializes in superstring theory and explains how he has come to see our universe as one among many.
I’m tired of going to school. I don’t mean the elementary school where I work. I actually like that. When I entered the classroom I was told that the state […]
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 […]
The good news from the most comprehensive study ever done of gender and math performance? ‘No gender difference’ in scores among children in grades 2 through 11. [see research summary] […]
The first time I came across this new phenomenon was in my interview with Jeff Evans, one of the co-founders of MindSnacks back in August 2010. When I asked him […]
Two of my last posts were about video calls and augmented reality and a possible usage scenario of those technologies in education. Now, what would happen if we combined those […]
The Boston Globe reports on a determined principal, dedicated teachers, and an innovative reading program that have helped a school transform itself.
My latest roundup of links and tools… Do buildings matter? Jay Matthews wonders how much we should care about decrepit school buildings. Math matters Daniel de Vise provides an even-handed […]
Now, this may seem like I’m contradicting the opinion of the guest blogger last week. However, I’m not referring to the endless pursuit of rankings and grades. I’m meaning the […]
Since my preview of Conspiracy Code: U.S. History at NECC, I’ve been thinking again about educational games… n Here are a bunch of screen shots of different online games for learning. I […]
Listen to this post! Dan Meyer is a dynamic young math teacher for the San Lorenzo Valley Unified School District. He totally gets it when it comes to assessment. Here […]
This study just out in Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin claims to have found a general societal prejudice against women who breast-feed. Reports about the work concurred. But I think […]
Bud Hunt posted in Twitter about The Gaming Krib. Here’s the basic premise of the service this company’s trying to sell: n n It has the ability to shut off […]
My latest roundup of links and tools… When did the IT staff get promoted above the superintendent? Will Richardson notes: [A] school superintendent I spoke with … lamented the fact […]
Don’t get me wrong: there are options to put equations on a computer. Most computers have at least Equation Editor if not MathType. Scholarly papers in mathematics often use LaTeX […]
One of the more exciting frontiers in geology is that of planetary volcanology – that is, how do volcanoes work on other planets. We know at least a few in […]
Schools that are interested in promoting innovation, science, technology, engineering, and math are eligible to apply for one of Motorola’s Innovation Generation Grants . Recipients can receive up to $100,000 […]
Janet Malcolm is a careful writer. The new Paris Review has an interview with her. The Review still publishes the best interviews on code-cracking the art of writing. This exchange—which […]
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 […]
Robert Fried says… There is a simple test we can perform to find out whether or not our children are truly learning. We can ask them, not the usual question, […]
Dangerously Irrelevant has been loading slowly lately because it’s so video-heavy. I’ve temporarily removed some other elements in order to speed up loading of the home page. I also vowed to […]
NACOL, UCCP, and Pepperdine University are co-sponsoring a regional online learning symposium in Los Angeles, California on October 11, 2006. The web site for the symposium states that the presentations, […]
A week and a half ago, I found myself at Camp Nelson, which trained the third largest contingent of African American soldiers during the Civil War, the sole African American […]
So where do we (Justin Medved and Dennis Harter) go from here? Over the past week we have taken some time to reflect on our process of creating a meaningful […]
Before I go on, I need to clarify something: I am addressing the use of social technology, not technology in general. (Although an aversion to technology in general is related […]
n nThere was a fascinating cover story in the New York Times Magazine on Sunday (the article runs about 10 pages, so be forewarned!), in which Ann Hulbert examined the […]
Robert Fried says… [F]ar too much of the time our children spend in school is wasted. . . . [M]ost of what they experience during school hours passes over them like […]
Miguel challenged us to find new voices. Between now and February 17 I am profiling eight bloggers that I’ve found informative and intriguing. Today’s new voice: Scott Elias, Do I […]