Summer Reading, with a Purpose (2002)
I recently published my 2017 summer reading suggestions for educators, but here is an equally radical list from 2002! See my 2006 recommendations too. School’s …
Gary Stager on Direct Instruction (2004)
The following opinion column from the October issue of District Administration Magazine caused the owner (and Editor-in-Chief) of the magazine to publish an apology in the very next issue. …
Kerry’s Education Plan (2004)
Raise test Scores – win a prize by Gary StagerDistrict Administration, Aug 20048/1/2004 I was horrified by recent news referring to U.S. Sen. John Kerry’s …
Gary Stager’s 30th Anniversary ISTE Sessions
This June’s ISTE Conference will be my thirtieth ISTE (formerly NECC) conferences as a speaker. I suspect that I have been part of 60-80 presentations …
Whole School Summer Reading Suggestions for Educators
I once heard former President Clinton say, “every problem in education has been solved somewhere.” Educators stand on the shoulders of giants and should be fluent …
The Future (of CMK) is Now!
Constructing Modern Knowledge, celebrates its 10th anniversary this July 11-14, and represents the best work of my life. Before anyone was discussing the maker movement in schools, Constructing …
In Honor of Teacher Appreciation Week
Here are some magazine articles I wrote about teachers who made a difference in my life. Me and Mr. Jones (about a 7th grade computing teacher …
Ancient History – The Rationale for Keyboarding Instruction Challenged (1989)
Note from Gary Stager… In 1989, a great friend, colleague and pioneer in educational computing, Steve Shuller, authored the following literature review. Steve was Director …
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MaKey MaKey Co-Inventor, Eric Rosenbaum, Joins All-Star Lineup at CMK 2017
Constructing Modern Knowledge 2017 is thrilled to announce that Dr. Eric Rosenbaum will be joining our 10th annual summer institute, July 11-14 in Manchester, New …
In the Beginning
I graduated high school in June 1981 and despite having spent the past six years programming and teaching others too, I was told that I …