About six weeks ago I pointed a number of key people in our division to Will Richardson’s article The New Face of Learning. It sparked some discussion and interest, and in an effort to bring forward these ideas, we invited any interested teachers to gather informally to discuss what this article might mean for schools. So we gathered together using a...

According to Gartner, blogs will peak next year. If you haven’t already started one by then, you likely won’t. But with my experience with teachers, I’d disagree with this statement: Gartner analyst Daryl Plummer…said those who loved blogging were committed to keeping it up, while others had become bored and moved on. I don’t think...

Flickr offers some Easter Eggs. Not to mention some upgrades in their services. Add a note to a photo with the text ho ho ho beard or ho ho ho hat and you’ll get a resizable Santa hat or beard to drag and drop onto the unsuspecting subject’s head or...

Wally Cleaver obviously didn’t contribute to the latest article in Time on school reform. [gv data="P-60X42U-Ls"][/gv] [tags]“leave it to beaver”, reform[/tags]

I currently am managing three professional weblogs. I’ve got more personal blogs but let’s just talk about professional or work related blogs. Many of you do similar things. I know Jeff Utecht operates the Thinking Stick and Utecht Tips. I’ve been trying to figure out how and why I need three that are all very similar. Here’s my thinking. 1....