Tag Archive | "technology"
Making Connections
I had a great time listening in (and adding a few words) to the Skypecast tonight on EdTechTalk.com. (You can read background information and grab podcasts from TeachersTeachingTeachers.org). I was greatful to be invited into the conversation and my head’s still swimming with ideas from tonight’s talk. The subject for the evening revolved around best [...]
Continue reading...Evolving Manifestos
Thursday, November 30, 2006
Clarence Fisher posted his “Mini-Manifesto for Classrooms 2.0” on his blog yesterday. I’ve been working on a manifesto, too … but I haven’t had the time or discipline yet to craft a 500-word-or-less version. I particularly like what he has to say about education as network: To be a teacher means to be a learner [...]
Continue reading...Helping Students Cheat
Tuesday, November 7, 2006
I’ve been thinking lately about the difference between teaching knowledge and teaching skills. As the internet changes how we find and use knowledge, it becomes increasingly clear that what we should be teaching are the skills: research, critical analysis, writing, reading a variety of texts, speaking and presenting, etc. When I hear teachers bemoan the [...]
Continue reading...Define Neutral for Me
Wednesday, May 31, 2006
Wired News recently published an articled entitled “Neutral Net? Who Are You Kidding?” which called into question the idea that the net is currently a “neutral zone,” arguing instead that the internet has always been subject to the control of those companies with the most money/customers/bandwidth. This is true, but the proposed regulations (conveniently listed [...]
Continue reading...MySpace and Parental Guidance
Friday, May 12, 2006
Not long ago, I posted an entry in which I supported maintaining the freedom to access and share information, tools, and resources. I still agree with that. I also understand the dangers that some of the information, tools, and resources bring with them. However, I don’t believe that the right response to those dangers is [...]
Continue reading...YouTube & MySpace: Letting People Do Stuff
Friday, April 28, 2006
I’ve always been a big fan of "letting people do stuff" … assuming that stuff doesn’t include anything that hurts other people. Of course, there will always be people who hurt other people, and we call them "mean people," and–as t-shirts have been telling us for years–mean people suck. But you don’t put the entire [...]
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In the Set of All Factors, Money Wins
This chart pretty clearly illustrates the correlation between student performance and socio-economic status: I have no interest in defending ineffective teachers, but we also have to talk honestly about what schools can and can’t do to help students. I don’t doubt that the effectiveness of a teacher is the single largest factor in determining a [...]
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The Impermanence of Digital
Simon Winchester, commenting on the fact that the Oxford English Dictionary won’t be reprinted and future editions will only be available in digital formats: The printed book is about to vanish at extraordinary speed … Books are about to vanish; reading is about to expand as a pastime; these are inescapable realities. In practical and environmental [...]
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It’s Popular because It’s Easy
Marion Brady presents two theories of learning and suggests that the one currently driving reform is based on the notion that learning is all about transferring information from books and teachers into the empty brains of students. No research says how much of what’s recalled at test time remains permanently in memory, nor to what [...]
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Thursday, December 7, 2006
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