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I am (over)packed for Denver. Excited about the work I will do there. Sad about the choice I had to make. Again. I tread two worlds. When I hit Philadelphia International this afternoon I expect to see friends arriving in my town for Educon 2.1. My ed tech friends, and fellow librarians, will be unconferencing […]
Bill Ferriter’s Tempered Radical Blog is currently hosting a discussion with author Kelly Gallagher about his new book, Readicide: How Schools Are Killing Reading and What You Can Do About It. The author describes Readicide as: The systematic killing of the love of reading, often exacerbated by the inane, mind-numbing practices found in schools. Readicide […]
For those of you who haven’t yet found a compelling reason to try Google docs . . . Google docs recently announced the addition of 309 templates, a Google Docs directory, to give folks an opportunity to make their calendars, and letters, resumes, photo albums, invitations, labels, and business forms. Educational offerings include paper […]
I am still processing what happened on Friday. Our school is about five blocks away from the city border. Friday, a group of 12 students from one of the nearby urban high schools, came by for what turned out to be a nearly whole-day visit. The students were working with their alumni association and their […]
The masterpieces of Madrid’s Prado Museum are becoming available in ulta-high resolution thanks to a collaboration between the museum and Google Earth. Art lovers will be able to zoom in on scientific detail never before visible with the human eye and to use their key controls to navigate to specific sections of a work. Images […]
Back in November I blogged about the Historic Tale Construction Kit. Thanks to my lovely Twitter network, this morning I discovered another tool for telling traditional stories digitally. Myth and Legend Creator is an even richer playground! Elementary and middle school librarians are going to love it! Storytellers get ten pages to share […]
I’ve been thinking about what’s important for my learners to learn this year. I know I need to tweak instruction. The landscape continues to shift and that means reinterpreting our standards for emerging tools, issues, and innovations. Here are some newer things I need to share with learners (in no particular order): Creative Commons: Content […]
Help! I have been a very disappointing leader. There’s a veritable Ning explosion out there. Everytime I turn around I discover a new network I need to join. Everytime I join one, I discover the creative ways in which people are using these networks to inspire dialog. Earlier this week I mentioned the Future of […]
.cc_box a:hover .cc_home{background:url(‘http://www.comedycentral.com/comedycentral/video/assets/syndicated-logo-over.png’) !important;}.cc_links a{color:#b9b9b9;text-decoration:none;}.cc_show a{color:#707070;text-decoration:none;}.cc_title a{color:#868686;text-decoration:none;}.cc_links a:hover{color:#67bee2;text-decoration:underline;} Please scroll to read! I wanted to make sure that teacher-librarians out there got a chance to see this. A couple of days ago, Steven Colbert spent a little time with Lawrence Lessig, discussing Lessig’s new book, Remix. The book argues that our current copyright laws are […]
A group of educators, led by Steve Hargadon, created a new Future of Education Ning–a social network devoted to sharing ideas with new Secretary of Education, Arne Duncan. Carol Broos is one of twelve teachers, invited to participate in a round table discussion with the new Secretary on Jan 21. She was sent five […]
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