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When Scott asked me to contribute a post in answer to the question, “what do administrators need from teachers?” I was happy to comply. As superintendent of schools, I spend […]

Many of our school leaders (principals, superintendents, central office administrators) need help when it comes to digital technologies . A lot of help, to be honest. As I’ve noted again […]

[cross-posted at the TechLearning blog ] We have known for a long time (decades!) about what constitutes effective staff development. As the latest version of the National Staff Development Council […]

I previously posted about wireless technologies in less developed nations. Kofi Annan supported this view nearly 4 years ago! One cool indigenous Wi-Fi innovation, is the Cambodian motoman. Here, motorcycle […]

n Last December, Newsweek predicted that 2007 would become “The Year of the Widget.” In many ways, this prediction is turning out to be an accurate one. Realizing that online […]

I’ve been hanging out with the folks from the University of Northern Iowa Instructional Technology program a lot the past two days (from left to right: Dr. Leigh Zeitz, Magda […]

It has now been one year since the eruption that closed the skies over Europe and captured the world’s attention. Before April 13-14, 2010, most people outside Iceland (or this […]

Brilliance in the morning: The New York Times had an absolutely wonderful op-ed today (some of you may have noticed that I have been strongly disagreeing with Victoria Clark’s piece […]

[cross-posted at LeaderTalk] These are the signs you see when you enter Minnesota or Iowa along Interstate 35. Guess which one leaves the better impression? While traveling recently, I had […]

At first glance, this futuristic Mission One Superbike looks like a cross between Batman’s tricked-out motorcycle from The Dark Knight and something from an Extreme X Games competition. In reality, […]

Apparently it’s video day! Here’s another one (hat tip to Doug Johnson and Angela Maiers).

Seth Godin says: More librarians are telling me (unhappily) that the number one thing they deliver to their patrons is free DVD rentals. That’s not a long-term strategy, nor is […]

An art group that stages orgies, throws cats at cashiers and has Banksy as a fan has enraged the Russian authorities to the point of violent repression and censorship of their work.

The Speaker of the House of Commons, John Bercow, is in trouble. Rumours of a plot to unseat him have been swirling around Westminster this week, with Deputy Speaker, Nigel […]

[cross-posted at LeaderTalk] Cognitive dissonance . noun. conflict or anxiety resulting from inconsistency between one’s beliefs and one’s actions. [definition from the American Heritage Dictionary ] I believe that one […]

Miguel challenged us to find new voices . Between now and February 17 I am profiling eight nine bloggers that I’ve found informative and intriguing. Most represent a leadership perspective […]

It’s been about a month since I announced a new CASTLE project: to get 100 new principal blogs up and running within 100 days. To date we’ve had 43 request […]

I’m pleased to announce several more guest bloggers. Dr. David Quinn, Assistant Professor at the University of Florida, will be a guest blogger next week. He will be followed by… […]

Today’s a good day to brag about some of our CASTLE friends… A couple of weeks ago one of our School Technology Leadership alumni, Jennette Kane, was honored as one […]

The Czech dissident Jan Prochazka was spied upon for years by the Communist government in Prague, but he didn’t let this inhibit his conversation. He spoke to his friends as […]

In the beginning, God separated the light from the darkness, and it was good. Growing up a Bible-thumping, Southern-bred, segregation-approving Fundamentalist, Barry Moser became a licensed Methodist minister at the […]

Benjamin Dueholm has a cover story in the Washington Monthly assessing sex advice columnist Dan Savage as an ethicist: Savage yields to no one in his sexual libertarianism, but he […]

This map, distributed in France in the last year of the First World War, uses a trope common to a lot of cartographic propaganda: the enemy as an octopus, a […]

Since the past two have been so successful, I am putting out a call for people to participate in Leadership Day 2009. As I said two years ago: n n […]

“Lasciate ogne speranza, voi ch’intrate,” Dante Alighieri wrote on the entrance to Hell in the Inferno section of his allegorical masterpiece The Divine Comedy. The English translation usually goes something […]

n nOne reason for the vibrancy of American innovation is the proliferation of “third places” – places like the corner coffee lounge – where freelance workers and mobile digerati can […]

In his forthcoming memoir, boxing legend Sugar Ray Leonard describes being sexually assaulted by an unnamed Olympic boxing coach. This is the first time Leonard has publicly identified himself as […]

Technology already allows for primitive versions of superhuman abilities. One day we might also have contact lenses that allow us to surf the Internet and see infrared radiation.

Will Richardson says: [T]his generation of kids in our schools is the first not to have a choice about technology. Most of us grew up in a time when technology […]

[cross-posted at E-Learning Journeys] I have been reflecting on global collaboration and what it means for teachers, students and the wider community. I have also been reflecting on sustainability of […]