Day: June 16, 2009

  • Sharing by default and empowering others to share

    I listened to a presentation recently in which the speaker exhorted listeners to “share by default.”* Often in schools, sharing is sharply limited for students as well as for teachers. This needs to change. The Creative Commons video, “A Shared Culture,” makes a compelling case for “sharing by default” and empowering others to share their…

  • Blogging TCEA 2006: Create, Share & Access

    In the fall of 2005, I was surprised when leaders of the Texas Computer Education Association (TCEA) decided not to publish one of the articles I’d submitted for their quarterly magazine, The TechEdge. I’d faithfully contributed to and published in the TechEdge since 1996-97, and this was the first time I’d ever been told, “No.…