The personal blog of Gary S. Stager, Ph.D.
I created Constructing Modern Knowledge (CMK) four years ago as a labor of love. I was growing increasingly concerned that educators lacked the time necessary …
I’m in the Sierra Mountains skiing where the altitude has replaced sleeping with hallucinating. So, unable to sleep, I read Will Richardson’s latest blog post …
Required texts The Children’s Machine: Rethinking School in the Age of the Computer by Seymour Papert The Skeptical Visionary: A Seymour Sarason Educational Reader by …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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, …
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 …