If you want to show kids the power of editing and music in storytelling, show them this remix of Dumb and Dumber as a horror movie. This would be a great assignment for students to remix video to change the genre. ...

As I pack up for the day, 2 posts grabbed my attention. Will’s post on the OLPC and especially the exchange in the comments between Gary Stager and Tom Hoffman and Will. The fact that we cannot find a way to provide kids with the essential tool of our day continues to astound me. Virginia shooting on Wikipedia. It already has over 500...

The OLPC project is officially underway as students in Nigeria received the first shipment of laptops. CNet has some nice photos of the...

Having a week off to go on a golf trip is nothing to complain about this awaited me: Why do I feel compelled to read through these carefully? I had 3 newspapers waiting for me that I simply tossed in the garbage. Being that it was Easter break for all teachers, my inbox only had a few dozen messages, few of which I felt obligated to respond to until tomorrow. But...

It’s interesting how you pull certain ideas, phrases from content that aren’t perhaps the main idea. I guess that’s part of constructivstism and connectivism (still haven’t totally got those concepts firm in my mind). Will’s recent reflection on Social Computing and subsequent comments, challenged his thinking. While the gist of his...