Blog Juice for Educational Technology

I ran across this report while scanning this week’s Tech Learning News.
Only 26 percent of U.S. schools require students to take computer science courses, according to a report released last week.

Most cite lack of time in students’ schedules, according to the computer Science Teachers Association (CSTA). Though computer use pervades almost every aspect […]

Read/WriteWeb blogger, Richard MacManus, reviewed eBay’s new wiki last week. It will almost certainly be the largest wiki platform for a commercial website.
Here’s a quote from MacManus’ article:
Sowhy did eBay choose to add a wiki? eBay has a buyer and sellercommunity of more than 193 million members - a huge community that isthriving with […]

Several days ago, Andy Carvin blogged about the June 2nd birth of his daughter, Kayleigh. In his article, he speculated about the advances in educational technology that will likely occur while his little one is in school.
On Saturday, June 10th, my son, Martin, graduated from high school. It would be very easy for […]

I listened to an incredible podcast the other day. It was Part 3 of Dean Shareski’s Telling the new Story series, an interview with award-winning Canadian educator, Clarence Fisher. I was glued to my headphones for the entire interview, listening to stories from a unique professional who gets the new information environment and […]

I have had the opportunity, twice in the last several weeks, to talk about the new story of 21st century education in workshop settings. Because these experiences were conversations rather than presentations and because, in both instances, the audiences were self-selected tech-savvy and forward thinking professional educators, I had a unique chance to reflect […]

Vicki David, the Cool Cat Teacher, wrote a great post yesterday about cyber cheating and teaching honesty to our students.
Cool Cat Teacher Blog: Candid Cheating with the Camera Phone?:
We’re paying for kill switches, security cameras, aplagiarismism checkers (turnitin.com) to keep students honest! How about kids just being honest?

Here is an edited version of my comment […]

General Orders No.11, WASHINGTON, D.C., May 5, 1868:
The 30th day of May, 1868, is designated for the purpose of strewing with flowers or otherwise decorating the graves of comrades who died in defense of their country during the late rebellion, and whose bodies now lie in almost every city, village, and hamlet church-yard in the […]

I’ve been attending the eLIVE conference in Edinburgh. Well, I’ve actually been spending my eighteen-hour work days lately moving web sites to my new honkin’ dedicated server and programming. But, I’ve seen the conference, through “elive” tagged pictures in flickr, and through the bloggings of Will Richardson, Ian Mcintosh, David Muir, and John […]

There are several things that I like about formated RSS Aggregators. One is the ability to include a variety of media types on my aggregation page, including photos from flickr. My Aggregator (NetVibes) has a news page (news and news search feeds), education page (edubloggers and education news feeds), a tech page (self-expanatory), […]

There are several things that I like about formated RSS Aggregators. One is the ability to include a variety of media types on my aggregation page, including photos from flickr. My Aggregator (NetVibes) has a news page (news and news search feeds), education page (edubloggers and education news feeds), a tech page (self-expanatory), […]

A few days ago, I was scanning through some old presentations, looking for a picture that I remembered using years ago. I ran across a particular slide with the following text:

In the 20th Century, education was defined by its limits!
In the 21st century, education must be defined, not by its limits, but by its […]

A few days ago, I was scanning through some old presentations, looking for a picture that I remembered using years ago. I ran across a particular slide with the following text:

In the 20th Century, education was defined by its limits!
In the 21st century, education must be defined, not by its limits, but by its […]

I had a two and a half hour layover at Charlotte Douglas Airport yesterday, one of my all-time favorite layovers. Any airport that offers rocking chairs, cares. During yesterday’s visit, I discovered their business center, with desks, ethernet ports, free WiFi, lots of electrical outlets, and quite comfortable chairs. They also […]