Solicited Advice
Kim Cofino recently convinced the Head of her international school to blog. Kim reached out to lots of folks and asked them to comment on …
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Three Cups of Innovation
In a few hours I will be making the hellish trip across the Pacific from Australia to Los Angeles for the second time in as …
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I’m so tired!
I’m so tired. I’m so tired of arguing with idiots. I’m so tired of educators making up useless acronyms. I’m tired of being told how …
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Ready to Learn with Marvin Minsky?
There is simply no better event or opportunity for educators to reinvent themselves this year! In addition to learning with one of the great filmmakers …
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Has Educational Computing Jumped the Shark? (2006)
The following is a paper I wrote for a conference in 2006. The problems I identify have become more acute since. One day, I’ll revisit …
The Big, Little Paradox
For decades, many schools gave old hand-me-down computers to their youngest students. The implicit logic is that little kids don’t need the best computers. Today, …
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One-to-One Computing and Teacher Growth
The International Educator recently published an article I wrote, One-to-One Computing and Teacher Growth. Feel free to read, share and enjoy the PDF here. Gary …
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Educational Conference or Boat Show? Revisiting a 2007 article
I first published the blog post below in June of 2007. In that post, I shared my concerns about how commercial interests were being given …
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Dumbing Down
Although I’m only 48, I have been working in educational computing for thirty years. When I started, we taught children to program. We also taught …
What’s a Computer for? Part 2 – Computer science is the new basic skill
What’s a Computer For? Part 2 Computer science is the new basic skill Originally published in the July 2008 issue of District Administration Magazine – …