Category: schoolreform
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People will educate themselves?
I have received a few interesting comments on a YouTube video I posted back in January titled “Elephants in the School Reform Debate.” Today someone posted the following comment, and since YouTube limits comments to just 500 characters (which my response exceeds) I am posting my response here and linking to it from the YouTube…
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Encouragement for prime movers and catalysts
I used the analogy of developing new cognitive maps for the information and communication landscape of the 21st century in the conclusion of my spotlight presentation at MacWorld back in January. Like the European explorers of the 15th century, we’re moving into uncharted waters. I really like that analogy, because it communicates this idea of…
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Every school needs a media design studio
Does your school have a media production design studio? If not, why not? In the likely case your school does NOT have a media production studio, the reason for its absence may lie in the basic nature of educational institutions in the 19th and 20th centuries. Since their inception in response to the industrial revolution,…
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Differentiating instruction, using blogs for student sharing
What’s the right word to describe the virtual pathway you follow to find a resource or idea? I am not sure, but whatever that word is… my pathway to the following resources included: – David Warlick’s Hitchhikr site for METC2007 — Rob Jacklin’s blog post on and podcast of Amy Vejraska’s METC 2007 preso “If…
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Life in perspective, breakthrough creativity
I listened to two NPR podcasts driving into work that really framed my thinking for the morning in powerful ways. The first was an NPR “This I Believe” podcast titled “I believe that my husband will call me tomorrow” by Becky Herz. For people who don’t have loved ones serving overseas in the military, podcasts…
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Intelligently promoting technology integration
I’ve posted some new thoughts to the TechLearning blog that focus on helping teachers advance through pedagogic and digital “stages” of teaching with technologies. Technorati Tags: ACOT, education, educational law, leadership
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Podcast137: Inspired by Marco Torres – A MACE 2007 Roundtable Discussion
This podcast is a recording of a conversation between five of the attendees of the Mid-America Association for Computers in Education (MACE) 2007 conference in Manhattan, Kansas, on March 1, 2007. The keynote speaker for the conference was the inspirational Marco Antonio Torres, who is one of the most amazing and passionate educators you could…
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Marco Antonio Torres: Now What Do We Do with IT
My notes from Marco’s MACE ’07 keynote. (My thoughts are IN CAPS.) [KNOW THAT MARCO IS MY #1 YODA. THERE IS NO ONE IN EDUCATION AT WHOSE FEET I WOULD RATHER LISTEN AND LEARN.] sfett.com flickschool.com Medium Vs. Message | Technology Vs. Communication Teachers at these conferences are the “YES ands” – other teachers are…
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Podcast135: Playing School or Preparing for Life? (by Meg Ormiston)
This podcast is a recording of a presentation by Meg Ormiston at the METC Conference in St. Louis today. The conference program description of her presentation was: Are we preparing students to be successful in school or successful in life? If livelong learning is the goal, the methods, tools and strategies must change from “text…
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Playing School or Preparing for Life? by Meg Ormiston
These are my notes from Meg Ormiston’s METC 2007 presentation “Playing School or Preparing for Life?” on 27 Feb 2007. (I recorded this session and will post this later as a podcast.) www.techteachers.com meg [at] techteachers [dot] com Isn’t the goal of school to prepare for life? We have to STOP THIS GAME! – we…