Is History History in History Class?
During last night’s coverage of the final Democratic primaries in Montana and South Dakota, NBC’s Washington Bureau Chief Tim Russert remarked, “I would love to …
Stager (like Cher) the one word Movie Star
I spent part of today being interviewed and filmed in for a new documentary by the Director of the recent film, “Imagine It!“ The film …
Powerful Ideas from Constructing Modern Knowledge
I’ve created Constructing Modern Knowledge, a minds-on institute this July 28-31 in Manchester, NH to provide an environment where educators can learn with computers, explore …
Why Do You Want My Slides?
Read my latest article Why Do You Want My Slides? in The Pulse: Education’s Place for Debate. Each year I make dozens of presentations at …
New Keynote, Workshop & Presentation Topics
I’ve updated the page describing the keynote addresses, workshops and presentations I offer to schools, districts and conferences. Check out the list of sessions and …
Two New Articles By Me in The Huffington Post!
Today, two new articles I wrote were published by The Huffington Post. Read: Spelling Porn (about the televised National Spelling Bee) When the Jumbotron says, …
A Writing Teacher Discusses the NY Times "Blogger Girl"
Putting blogger, Emily Gould, on the cover of last Sunday’s New York Times Magazine set off a firestorm among the chattering classes of traditional media …
An Interesting Copyright Case
Prince ordered YouTube to take down clips of him performing a song by the band Radiohead. Prince claimed copyright infringement, yet he doesn’t hold the …
Free Software, Computer-rich Learning Adventures & Alfie Kohn!
Only a few days remain for early-bird registration!Save $50 Attendees get free software from Tech4Learning (Frames, Pixie, ImageBlender, WebBlender, Twist)and LCSI (MicroWorlds EX) in addition …
Be a Good Ancestor – A Moving Commencement Address
One of the unintended consequences of the World Wide Web is I get to read terrific and inspirational commencement addresses like this one by author …