My wife has always wanted a VW beetle. I pretty well do what she wants so we got a 2007 red Beetle. I would have been happy with a 1995 Ford Focus but we got the beetle. Anyway, besides the fact that it was way more than I wanted to spend, I discovered one little feature that might make the whole thing worthwhile.  A tiny auxilary jack located next to the stereo...

Yesterday I did a presentation on the Read/Write Web. It was an introductory presentation to encourage folks to commit to some followup sessions on the specifics. I prefaced my talk by stating I didn’t want to begin with the tools since without context they can be meaningless. The analogy I used was that as someone with no understanding of carpentry, someone...

I spoke to about 80 school based and senior administrators last week about blogging. I only recorded the first 12 minutes but the link to the slides has all the slides. The focus of my talk was on creating connections. Evidence that my talk resonated was the fact that after I invited them to begin reading conversations using Bloglines, over 30 of them requested...

A colleague of mine sent me this link : Video games can reshape education: U.S. scientists . The group found many video games require players to master skills in demand by today’s employers. And here I thought employers were interested in students who could understood dangling particples and quadratic equations. “This is not an, ‘If you can’t beat...

Today I had the privilege of sharing my thoughts on blogging with a group of administrators from our divsion. (I’ll podcast my talk later). I had some great conversations with these folks and am encouraged at the number who want their students to experience social and global learning. I tried to emphasize the aspect of freedom and controversy that exists in...