Critical Analysis of Tom Friedman’s Books
A few years back, my criticism of Tom Friedman’s book, The World is Flat and harsher criticism of educators who sought direction from it, Reading …
Witness to History
In Washington D.C. for the Presidential Inauguration. Watch this space in the next few days…
Just Wonderin’
Whenever we took our kids out of school for a family educational activity we made sure to alert their teachers out of a sense of …
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Save Our Schools
Many of you know of my displeasure regarding President-elect Obama’s nominee for Secretary of Education and how concerned I am that there are indications that …
“New” Whitepaper
Back in 1996, I presented a couple of public lectures in Melbourne, Australia. Portions of those seminars were published in a monograph entitled, Computing and the Internet in Schools: An International Perspective on Developments and Directions. That paper is available online here for the first time.
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Will We Really?
As inauguration day nears, a group of leading progressive educators I admire, The Forum for Education & Democracy, has launched a site, Will We Really?, …
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Anyone Have a Clue What this Means?
To give our children the chance to live out their dreams in a world that’s never been more competitive, we will equip tens of thousands …
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You Can’t Buy Fun Like This!
I just received an email from FETC alerting me to the “blockbuster” closing keynote at their upcoming conference. FETC 2009 conference highlights include: FETC 2009’s …
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Program Set & Registration Still Open for Jan 22 Event
The program for the Educon 2.1 preconference event, Constructing Modern Math/Science Knowledge, is now available online here. Check it out and register today!
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Literacy Resource
There is an ongoing discussion about literacy, new literacy and 21st Century skills. The following article written by Seymour Papert in 1993 is well worth …