Category: schoolreform
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The outboard brain, memory, transfer and learning
I’ve read a couple articles recently about memory, the brain, and the fundamental ways our access to information and knowledge has changed which have me thinking. Clive Thompson referred to the idea that “the information/knowledge is in the network” in his September article in Wired magazine titled, “Your Outboard Brain Knows All.” Thompson cited Cory…
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Podcast201: So The World Is Flat. Now What?
This podcast is a recording of my keynote address at the TechForum Southwest conference sponsored by Technology and Learning on November 2, 2007. Schools need to change to better prepare students for the dynamic challenges and opportunities of the 21st century “flat world” highlighted by Tom Friedman in his book “The World is Flat.” The…
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ODLA Keynote Monday – Live and Recorded
I’m sharing the keynote address Monday morning in Tulsa at the Oklahoma Distance Learning Association’s annual conference. The theme of the conference is “Web 2.0 in Education,” and the title of my keynote is “Inventing the Future: Safely Empowering Learners In the Read/Write Society.” This is a completely different rewrite of the session I shared…
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Ustream.tv tomorrow?
The slides for my TechForum Southwest keynote tomorrow, “So the World is Flat. Now What?” are available as a PDF file (16.7 MB). With encouragement this evening from Miguel Guhlin and David Jakes, I’m going to attempt a live Ustream.tv broadcast of the keynote tomorrow. Haven’t tried this, haven’t tested this, but we’ll give it…
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How to Create Bully Free Classrooms and Schools
These are my notes from Dr. Allan L. Beane’s presentation “How to Create Bully Free Classrooms and Schools” at the Oklahoma State Department of Education’s annual “Safe and Healthy Schools Conference” in Oklahoma City on 29 Oct 20207. Dr. Beane’s website is www.bullyfree.com. I am recording this session with permission from Dr. Beane and will…
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A Vision of Students Today
Add the video “A Vision of Students Today” from Professor Michael Wesch and his cultural anthropology students at Kansas State University to your personal list of “must see” videos about our need for educational reform and videos for professional development. This video uses the same effective technique I’ve seen previously in “Hero in the Hallway”…
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Content Filtering in Schools: Striving to CONTROL user behavior
Today I finished up the seventh E-rate seminar around the state of Oklahoma in series of ten workshops I’m leading. The following messages have been common in my web browser this week in the school districts who have hosted the seminars, prior to and following my presentation time… Trying to access Twitter yesterday: Trying to…
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Join online debates about education policy sponsored by The Economist
One of the best decisions I made in college was joining the speech and debate team as a freshman. I am firmly convinced participating/competing in intercollegiate debate as well as speech events for 4 years (extemp and impromptu were my main other events) helped me cultivate my critical thinking, organization, and public speaking skills more…