Books for Summer 2011 OMLT Course
Required texts Digital Habitats; stewarding technology for communities by Etienne Wenger, Nancy White, John D Smith The Children’s Machine: Rethinking School in the Age of …
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Things May Not Get Better!
I’m an optimist by nature. That’s why I awake each day thinking I can make the world a better place for children despite overwhelming evidence …
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Humble Suggestions for Summer Reading
Chris Lehmann’s blog post today, Enough Already, provides further evidence of how public education is being hijacked by corporate assassins, political demagogues, merry pranksters and …
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In Education, Nothing Succeeds Quite Like Failure
I just read with horror that Chicago Mayor-elect Rahm Emmanuel has appointed Rochester, NY schools superintendent Jean-Claude Brizard to be the new Cathie Black of …
Shadowboxing Avatars
The New York Times invited me to debate the following premise: “School administrators say online courses in K-12 classrooms can give students the skills they’ll …
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Teachers: Watch this and Try not to Cry – Then DO SOMETHING!
60 Minutes just aired a two-part story that stands in their grand tradition of breathtaking journalism. The report tells the story of Gospel for Teens, …
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The Problem with Social Media
The ability for anyone to publish on the Web is a good thing. Many voices can contribute to the marketplace of ideas when they may …
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Make the World a Better Place!
Feeling overwhelmed by unrest in the Middle East, the economic crisis, threats of nuclear annihilation, teacher layoffs, union-busting, the firing of the Aflac duck or …
Tell the Kids, “I Stand with Gilbert!”
Yesterday, Wes Fryer published a blog post, Digital Citizenship Lesson from Gilbert Gottfried: The (former) Voice of the Aflac Duck. While I understand Wes’ desire …
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Am I Making Any Sense?
Uber-edublogger Will Richardson recently published a blog post entitled, Valuing Change. In the article, he reiterated the frequent lament that teachers don’t “consider” or “value” …