In this post I'd like to share some great finds that I've had the fortune to discover this week. First and foremost, this week gave us the 2010 edition of the "Horizon Report" put out by the New Media Consortium

Do we need to explicitly teach our students the difference between "Shallow" and "Deep" reading?

The title for this entry comes from the song that's been stuck in my head since summer started, and I expect, will be stuck there for the rest of the summer "Let Me Entertain You." You see, my daughter is

"I hope you know that this will go down on your permanent record" "Kiss Off" by the Violent Femmes A friend of my daughter's mentioned over lunch today that her mom thinks there will come a day when no

Here's a constant thread that's been running through many conversations I've had with educators over the past month Information Overload. Now hang on a moment... it's not what you think. It's not about teachers complaining that too many things are

A couple of weeks ago, I had the good fortune of once again attending the Building Learning Communities Conference (BLC), put together by the November Learning group. This incredible conference attracts educators from around the world. It's my third year

I'm barely awake, watching the ending scene of my favorite movie, It's a Wonderful Life, but this time it's different. When the camera zooms in on Jimmy Stewart holding Zuzu, and the bell rings, a line has been changed "Daddy,

I remember the day I bought my first Beatles album Magical Mystery Tour. Actually, it wasn't an album it was an 8 track tape cartridge. The Beatles album was about a decade old by then and had "evolved" into the

“Thank god for charter schools. There is no room for innovation in the standard system.” Bill Gates, August 6, 2010 at Techonomy Conference Welcome back to school, USA Okay, I'm sure that I'm a bit early for most of you,