An Appalling Film to Be Avoided At All Costs
Note: I don’t normally write film reviews, but the film I just saw angered me in ways I have rarely experienced. I just treated myself …
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Should There Be Limits on Students’ Screen Time?
In case you missed it, ISTE asked me to participate in a Point/Counterpoint faux debate over “screen time.” Unbeknownst to me, my friend Rick Weinberg …
You MUST watch Letterman Thursday 12/23!
Wake the kids and phone the neighbors! The last Late Show with David Letterman before Christmas Eve is one of the great unheralded annual holiday …
Why Do You Want My Slides? (June 2008)
Each year I make dozens of presentations at educational events around the world. Nearly every presentation is followed by an audience member asking, “Can I …
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Twenty Things to Do With a Computer
Contemporary discussions of educational technology seem consumed with data management, total cost of ownership, testing and everything but student learning. It may be worth taking …
Reading Fads: Why Tom Friedman Does Not Compute (2006)
I’m always on the lookout for educational trends. Over the past couple of months the usual suspects who speak at education conferences have been toting …
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‘Tis The Season for Technology
Your school could benefit from a bit of holiday retail therapy
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Student Voice
After my work in Maine ended, my partner came running into the house screaming that one of my “prison kids” was just on This American Life.
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Jonathan Kozol Takes on the World (2006)
Jonathan Kozol has never been afraid to take on big targets. His current best seller, The Shame of the Nation: The Restoration of Apartheid Education …
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Chief Family Engagement Officer? (2008)
US Secretary of Education Arne Duncan has decided to throw a few dollars around for parental involvement to distract the public from the anti-democratic school …