Inquiry & Reflection for Better Learning
A couple of years ago, when I was doing some regular work for an area art museum, my daughter, Ani, asked me if, on our next trip to visit the museum, it’d be okay if we took along some of her artwork to show the museum. That was a tricky conversation we had to have […]
Read More Where’s Your Refrigerator?Reply All is a new podcast I’ve been enjoying lately. It’s a “show about the Internet.” Their third episode featured Ethan Zuckerman, an Internet pioneer, apologizing for a very bad thing he did twenty years ago, a thing that really helped to shape the world we live in today. (9Or, at least, the Internet we […]
Read More The Danger of “Good Enough”I dig technology when it’s used well and thoughtfully and purposefully. Heck, sometimes I just dig shiny things. But I have to say that what I like and what’s worth spending time on and with in a classroom are two very different circles in the Venn diagram of my life. I often hear that teachers […]
Read More If You Need a Plan B, Maybe Just Go With That InsteadA little while back, I had the opportunity to discuss our iPad 1:1 work with my friend and colleague, Antero Garcia. He wrote up the conversation and posted the video. Take a peek. Be sure to read his comments about the conversation over at DML Central. I really hope we get the chance to continue […]
Read More Talking iPads and IntentionI’ve been in several conversations lately where publishers and vendors have taken an awful casual approach to identity and student data management. The front end of their new “digital textbook” looks great. HTML5 and everything. Plays nicely with an iPad, or a Chromebook or any other screen on any other device. As they should. I […]
Read More Dear Educational Publisher/Vendor: We Care About Our Data, Even When You Don’t Seem ToI left the classroom to become an instructional technology coordinator six years ago this month. When I left, I went to work to try to make sure that the infrastructure that could support the types of learning and learning environments that I wanted as a teacher would exist and be available to anyone in my […]
Read More Our Future In/With/Of/Beyond Instructional TechnologyOne of the best parts of my new workout routine is that after I complete a workout, I get ten minutes with three newspapers and some fine morning coffee before I have to head out and face the world ((I’m also working my way through all the television that I “don’t have time to watch.” […]
Read More Unsolicited Musings from Some Unmotivated BureaucratI had the opportunity to hear Paul Allison, one of my favorite teachers, talk at length about his work with Youth Voices yesterday. Usually, Paul’s asking about others’ work, or showcasing the work he’s doing – but not talking about the thinking behind the work. And I like it when he does so. I hope […]
Read More #ISTE11: On Longitudinal Web Presences for Writing, Learning, BeingYesterday afternoon, I had the opportunity to attend the first ever , an exploration of the opportunities to fiddle with text and writing and code on the Internet. It was a useful event for me, as we were able to think and play with ideas about what “hacking” means right now, and how it’s about […]
Read More #ISTE11: NWP's Inaugural Hack JamDear Friends ((I’m emailing this to pretty much everyone I’ve ever known. I’m posting it here and everywhere else I can because I don’t yet have everyone’s email address. It’s a big world. Feel free to share this with whomever you’d like. I’d consider it a favor if you would.)): I’m doing something that I […]
Read More A #blog4nwp in Which I Ask for Your Assistance. Urgently.