Remembering Tony Bennett
Today, the world lost a great artist (musician and painter) and America lost a great patriot, Tony Bennett. I first saw Tony Bennett perform live …
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I Think I Hate This
An ad for a forthcoming product crossed my MyFace stream today and I am grateful for the number of competing issues it caused me to …
A Very Personal Road to Reinventing Mathematics Education
Math education has fascinated me for a very long time. I was always good at arithmetic and despite having a pretty bleak elementary school experience, …
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The Early Days of “Online Learning”
I just found the 1998 pitch I created for Pepperdine’s Online Masters of Arts in Educational Technology degree program printed on the original DayGlow construction …
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Preserving History
In July 1990, I made my first trip to Australia to speak at the World Conference on Computers in Education, held at what was then …
The Case Against Innovation
Way back during the first COVID-19 pandemic, I was invited to speak online for a Barcelona-based conference with a theme of “Learning Innovation.” So, it …
If I Ran a School… this is what I’d be reading now
If I Ran a School, This is What I Would Be Reading Now!
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Revisiting Learning Adventures in the Time of COVID-19
Seeking to model progressive education traditions in this new virtual world while providing experiences demonstrating the power of computing in knowledge construction, I developed a pedagogical approach I called, “Learning Adventures.” (video)
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THIS is Why Schools Exist
Hint: It’s probably not what you think.
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This is Our Moment!
I hope that anyone reading this is healthy and sane during this period of uncertainty. Teachers and kids alike are grieving over the loss of …