by Brian | Mar 15, 2007 | Change, Education
Some interesting goings-on in Washington: Dozens in GOP Turn Against Bush’s Prized ‘No Child’ Act By Jonathan Weisman and Amit R. Paley Washington Post Staff Writers Thursday, March 15, 2007 This article starts out with this news flash: More than 50...
by Brian | Mar 14, 2007 | Blogging, Change, Education, Technology, Uncategorized, Web 2.0
3-15 Update – Scott Mcleod pointed to this piece – they really go together. Found this article today at Eschool News: Supes use blogs as outreach tool District CEOs discuss the impact of blogs on stakeholder relations By Corey Murray, Senior Editor,...
by Brian | Mar 13, 2007 | 1:1, Blogging, Change, Digital Video, Education, Literacy, Project Based, Student Access, Technology, Web 2.0
Miguel started this conversation – Tom and Doug have jumped in … here are my ramblings: How important or “worth it†are laptops, or any other technology? How valuable they are as learning tools should be the decider of how much we are willing to invest....
by Brian | Mar 12, 2007 | Change, Education, Student Access, Technology
Will Richardson is asking for input on what to share with US Senators when he conference calls with them about the America COMPETES Act. Read about it over at his blog. Here was my response: Ask how we are going to compete in a global 21st century economy if ALL our...
by Brian | Mar 9, 2007 | 1:1, Change, Education, Student Access, Technology
On Their Own I know this may not seem like that big a deal to many, but for me this was a bit of a breakthrough. Last Monday morning I took my wife to the doctor for a check-up on her broken knee, so naturally I had a substitute teacher. The breakthrough was that...
by Brian | Mar 8, 2007 | Change, Education
Milton Chen at Edutopia has an interesting article: “Don’t Weigh The Elephant — Feed The Elephant.” Up front Chen recounts the following experience of a friend that visits India and has a discussion that includes: “In America, you test...
