Cross posted at Tech & Learning One of my favourite TED talks is Barry Schwartz’The Paradox of Choice. Schwartz makes the point that the choice isn’t always a good thing and that at some point too many choices is a bad as no choice at all. His theory is more involved than that but that idea in particular is intriguing. Thinking about the big challenge of...

Cross posted on Tech & Learning I’m on a mission. In case you haven’t noticed, high schools often represent the most traditional, stagnant educational spaces. The very structure of that world from the segregated subjects, focus on content, credit acquisition, departmental/state testing all join forces to make change difficult. In our school...

  cross posted at Tech Learning     The push to one to one computing is continuing to be at the center of many districts technology budgets. Recognizing that we need to get devices in the hands of our students seems to be a priority in the minds of many in moving forward with what is often called a 21st century education.   There’s...

  Cross Posted at Tech & Learning ISTE 2011 has just completed and once again it people leave with a variety of experiences. I don't know the official number but over the past few years it remains one of the largest educational conferences in the world. A conference, that like many others has evolved over the years and organizers seek each year to...

Cross Posted at TechLearning   A recent post by Vicki Davis has me thinking. Vicki warns about Facebook’s challenging privacy options and suggest educators will run into problems if students view our pages and see our friends posting profanity on our walls. This post isn’t really about Vicki’s post as much as it simply triggers some thoughts...

Cross posted at Tech Learning Saying technology is “just a tool” can be a very dangerous statement. I understand that when people say this, they’re simply trying to point out that technology is a peripheral that enables us to do the things we want to do better than before. I can agree with that concept but the problem with this thinking is that it...