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...

After reading this article in USA Today, I thought of road rage as reasonable analogy. The article talks about some teachers blogging anonymously and making personal attacks and criticisms about teachers and schools. In the same way that drivers can hide behind the windshield and metal of their vehicles and yell and shout at other drivers, so do these teachers. I...

Dave Weinberger writes about the credibility of wikipedia even more passionately than I do. He points out that wikipedia’s openness about their accuracy makes them more trustworthy. He talks about the various notices that begin many articles. Weinberger asks: So,why is it that you don’t see such frank notices in traditional sources such as newspapers and...

After reading this article today in the NYTIMES, it once again raised the issue of how we measure success. Saskatchewan has been one of the last provinces in Canada to move towards standardize testing. We’re still not there yet but recent changes worry me. In an effort to become more accountable we are moving dangerously close to models were test scores...

Youtube announced they hope to put every music video ever online.  Read the full story. Nostalgia is setting in as I recall the early days of MTV and watching my college roomate sitting in front of the TV for hours watching this new thing called music...