On Writing from the Perspective of Students
The recent PEW survey Writing, Technology and Teens has prompted a number of writings across the Net over the past few weeks. While much of the writing focuses on different areas of the study, it seems one is causing unjustified...
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As part of our curriculum, my students use as many application programs as we can get our hands on!
For word processors, we've used 
I'd like to recommend two books I've enjoyed lately. The first one, I've already mentioned here: We Are Smarter Than Me by Barry Libert and Jon Spector (and thousands of others). The second book is: Wikinomics by Don Tapsott and...
My city’s public library is a wonderful place. It hosts a variety of well-attended events, has a phenomenal children’s section, and serves as a real hub for the community. But its formal communications stink. The very first time that you...
How do we demonstrate transitions in education? For those of us in the northern hemisphere we begin school in late August or early September and finish in late May or late June. It is always fun to be on Twitter...
It's like something out of a sci-fi novel. Connecting to thousands of people to find the answer to an issue, to solve a problem, or communicate on a given topic. It doesn’t seem possible that every two minutes you are...
For educators living in the northern hemisphere, summer is approaching fast. Today I had an opportunity to visit with about fifteen elementary teachers in a rural Oklahoma school, and the topics I was asked to address were: Internet SafetyWikisBlogs Less...
As someone who is interested in the emergence of technologies and their impact on society, I’m completely intrigued by the work of Marshall McLuhan....
Here in the UK we use the term "ICT" -- Information and Communications Technology -- rather than "educational technology", and in many schools it is taught as a discrete subject. So what is it that makes an ICT lesson excellent?...