I’m thinking of beginning all of my workshops and talks on the read/write web with this cavaet, “Don’t get too excited about any of this because the chances of any of you really making this a reality in your classroom is almost nil.” Not very optimistic but I think fairly accurate. Brian Crosby of Learning is Messy writes, You can’t just...

Kathy Cassidy writes: Today we commented on the articles written by a grade one class in Manitoba. One of the children in that class hadn’t written an article since Christmas. I had to smile when one of my student’s comments to that child’s blog was “Christmas is past. Write something new.” Now there is a student who understands what...

Joining with David Warlick, Ewan, Miguel, Wes, and Darren, I’m looking to create and tell the new story. The new story about how learning happens, how technology changes the nature of teaching and learning. I’m looking and I have a few potential stories but too often I’m finding old stories. Our provincial teachers association publishes a monthly...