Khan Academy is getting a lot of press right now. Dan Meyer’s take seems to confirm a suspicion I’ve had for a while. Yes, technology and connectivity can do some pretty cool things for education (and if you read this … Continue reading
We have submitted a proposal to present at SXSWedu in Austin in March. Proposals are being crowd sourced–so the more positive feedback we get on our proposal, the better are our chances for presenting at this conference. From what I … Continue reading
The New York Times is undertaking a series of stories evaluating educational technology called “Grading the Digital School.” Today’s installment is entitled, “Inflating the Software Report Card.” My previous piece responding to another story in this series identified that the … Continue reading
“Critics counter that, absent clear proof, schools are being motivated by a blind faith in technology and an overemphasis on digital skills – like using PowerPoint and multimedia tools – at the expense of math, reading and writing fundamentals. They … Continue reading
This is the single greatest document in the history of time, space, and Quyzzle. If you don’t know what that third one is, don’t worry. We’ll get to that. Either way, feel free to write here. Stories, song lyrics, limericks, … Continue reading
This year has marked an epic shift in the way I manage my day-to-day planning as a teacher. For about the last ten years of my teaching career, I’ve maintained an intricate, 5-tier organizational system to manage my short- and … Continue reading
