| Mogopopp-ed |
So it’s been a few days of silly little coincidences, like the two people who within about 10 minutes of each other contacted me from very disparate parts of the globe to tell me about Mogopop. Like, whoa!
Somebody, somewhere was writing about no... |
2006-12-23 |
| Happy Blogidays? |
Thanks for helping to make 2006 a very special year in my life. Best wishes for a happy, healthy, peace-filled holiday.
(”First Winter Snow 2” by Drawings of Light)
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2006-12-23 |
| Dispatches From the Front Lines (Con?t) |
I came across this post from Pat Aroune in Western NY who has been diving head first into Read/Write Web tools with his students:
About one month ago, I asked five students to participate in an online experiment utilizing Skype and an online interactiv... |
2006-12-19 |
| ?Community and Collaboration on a Scale Never Seen Before? |
Is it just me, or does it look like 2007 is shaping up to be a pivotal year in the school reform discussion? Just this week, two major events in the print publishing world (which is where 90% of the decision makers still reside) seem to be setting the ... |
2006-12-19 |
| One Phone Per Child (?) |
A couple of weeks ago, someone, somewhere noted the interesting phenomenon of schools finally catching on to the 1-1 laptop initiative just when cell phones are starting to come into their own as the heir apparent in computing devices. I wish I could r... |
2006-12-15 |
| Dispatches From the Front Lines |
This e-mail showed up in my inbox today:
A few weeks ago, my school began to block Wikipedia. When I asked why, I was told that a student searched how to make pipe bombs. When I asked what they did to him, I was told nothing because they don’t k... |
2006-12-15 |
| Teacher Bloggers Not Blogging (Says Me) |
David has a feature in EDTECH magazine that addresses the different types of teacher-bloggers that districts may be dealing with these days, and by and large, I think it gives some effective guidelines for school administrators and policy makers who ma... |
2006-12-15 |
| You?re a Moron, You Clueless Gnat Brain! |
David Pogue writes about the disappearance of online etiquette as the Read/Write Web expands our social interactions online. It’s not a pretty picture. He ends with:
Maybe as the Internet becomes as predominant as air, somebody will realize that ... |
2006-12-15 |
| The Balance Between Freedom and Responsibility |
If this post by Chris Lehmann isn’t one of the best edublog posts of 2006, I don’t know what is. This is what I was talking about yesterday about the power of blogging (the verb.) About being willing to reflect and share and learn through t... |
2006-12-15 |
| Science Leadership Academy Up Close and Personal |
On Monday, my colleague and soon to be blogger Rob Mancabelli and I dropped in on Chris Lehmann at the Science Leadership Academy in Philadelphia for a three hour tour and chat. Bottom line is that Chris is building a vibrant community of learners amon... |
2006-12-15 |
