Our current mindset has to change. The extent to which students are engaged and challenged and–dare I presume–learn is correlated with many things, only one of which is “seat time.” If the education profession so grossly misunderstands the crowning glory of many 21st century technologies–their ability to affect a student outside the 45 minutes in [...]
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21st Century professional development for educators…sucks.
Posted in Uncategorized on April 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
If Monty Python Taught AP English…
Posted in Uncategorized on August 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Cleric: And the Lord spake, saying, “First shalt thou take out the Holy Thesis. Then shalt thou count to three, no more, no less. Three shall be the number of paragraphs thou shalt count, and the number of the counting shall be three. Four shalt thou not count, neither count thou two, excepting that thou [...]
What needs to be conserved?
Posted in Uncategorized on July 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I’m kicking around some ideas about Scott Karp’s post about the Web Content Conservation Movement. I like the idea, but I am having difficulties making sense of its necessity. Underlying the post is a sense that time is limited and that too much information, too many “digital echoes,” as one commenter cleverly termed the repetitive articles proliferating the web in [...]
The way we use Google is what reveals our IQ
Posted in Uncategorized on July 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Case in point: I did not stumble upon Carr’s article, or the study it referenced or Scott Karp, whose ideas may have equally inspired Carr’s article, until I read a passing, negative reference to Carr’s article in The Atlantic in a blog to which I subscribe. As a teacher, Will Richardson’s balanced reaction, comparatively, got [...]
