BYOD – Worst Idea of the 21st Century?
In 1990, I began helping schools across the globe realize the transformational learning potential of a laptop for every child. From the start there was …
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Leader of the DIY & Tinkering Movement Joins CMK 2012!
The Constructing Modern Knowledge 2012 program is shaping up to be better than ever before. In addition to our amazing faculty of edtech pioneers and …
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My 1:1 Toolbox
As you are probably aware, I have been working in schools with a laptop per child since I led professional development at the world’s first …
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Super-Awesome Sylvia in the Not So Awesome Land of Schooling
Warning: Educators will be criticized below! You have been warned. Recently, a friend sent me a link to an episode of Sylvia’s Super-Awesome Maker Show. …
Leah Buechley & MIT Media Lab Confirmed for CMK 2012!
This year’s Constructing Modern Knowledge 2012 Big Night Out in Boston will begin with a reception at the world-famous MIT Media Lab hosted by Assistant …
Less Us, More Them!
I am fortunate to be invited to work in schools all over the world. Regardless of the setting, I find myself leaving educators I meet …
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Fantastic Guest Speaker Confirmed for CMK 2012!
Although I am not fully unpacked from a triumphant Constructing Modern Knowledge 2011 in July, I have been working hard over the past two months …
Add this Amazing Album to Your Music Collection!
As many of you know, I once studied to be a jazz musician. Although I came to grips with my profound lack of talent in …
In the Presence of (future) Greatness
I’m heading to Washington D.C. to cheer on my young pal, the gifted 21 year-old pianist Emmett Cohen, compete as a semi-finalist in the prestigious …
Why I Just Unsubscribed to the Obama Mailing List
In the words of the great political philosopher, Popeye the Sailor Man, “That’s all I can stands, I can’t stands no more.” On the same …