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No Technology Left Behind
Recently, Dale Basler and I were recognized for our efforts in educational podcasting. Dale and I create a weekly podcast for the Wisconsin Society of Science Teachers [Link], and Dale has also been creating a weekly podcast review/preview for his classes [Link]. This is wonderful PR for the district, especially considering our district recently passed…
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Podcasting at Discovery Headquarters
Being from the central time zone, it was hard for me to sleep in too much here in D.C. this morning. Luckily, our hotel is just around the corner from a Starbucks, in the shadow of Discovery Communications Headquarters. I grabbed the house grande, and snapped a picture from the street. We first met in…
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Complementing United Streaming
I recently found this website from TIME magazine entitled “80 Days that Changed the World.” This is really the web version of the book, with the same title. [Link]. It seems to me that this would be a fabulous resource to complement United Streaming. For instance, students can surf through the 80 days to identify…
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Warlick Argues for Technology
In Two Cents Worth (David Warlick’s thoughts about education, teaching, learning, and the 21st century), Warlick recently wrote a post entitled “Curriculum is Dead”. With a provacative title like that, I had to investigate. In the post, Warlick discusses the difference between classrooms of yesterday and those of today and tomorrow, while explaining the need…
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Good Night and Good Luck
While watching Good Night and Good Luck last night (an excellent film surrounding the Joseph McCarthy era of communist accusations), I was inspired by a line from Edward R. Murrow’s keynote address at the RTNDA Convention in Chicago, October, 1958: This instrument can teach, it can illuminate; yes, and it can even inspire. But it…
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Redesigning Education
Last night, Oprah visited with Bill and Melinda Gates to discuss what she called a “silent epidemic” – graduation rates and educational structure in the US. Some frightening statistics about student dropout rates and preparedness were quite shocking, whereby the Gates called for educational efforts that should be focused on teaching students the skills they’ll…