Finally: read comments and leave your own without leaving your Bloglines BETA! Finally. See the whole blog from your RSS reader (how could you go a week without new papa and writer extraordinaire Scott Schwister beaming at you from his blog? How can you miss my latest “Iraq War Costs” sidebar widget and all the [...]

In my last post, I made a couple sins of omission when giving thanks and measuring the success of Students 2.0. Sin 1: Thanks to Stephen Downes for supporting the launch by featuring it in his (very influential, and rightfully so) OLDaily. Sin 2: I didn’t mention what is, to me, the most valuable aspect [...]

If you haven’t read Ryan Bretag‘s and Steve Hargadon‘s posts on TechLearning about Students 2.0, they’re worth a read. And Steve’s podcast interview with Kevin, Sean, and Lindsey shows them at their wonderful best, in terms of both intelligence and personality. I haven’t really written any reflections here since launching Students 2.0 back on December [...]

More and more I wonder: is school a good place for teachers who want to make a difference in the lives of their students, and to the future of the world? Is there a way to leave the daily farce of gradebooks, attendance sheets, tests, corporate and nationalist curriculum, homework assignments, grade-licking college careerist “students” [...]

Did you ever notice that we have no holidays in which we revere history’s true – in the sense of “backed up with evidence” – miracle-workers, those hard-working saviors we call “scientists”? Think about it: scientists, through the “miracle” of human reason, have eradicated diseases for literally billions of people through medicine, created light and [...]

If you’re not a reader of Barry Bachenheimer‘s blog, A Plethora of Technology, you are missing out. Forceful writing, healthy skepticism, an umpire’s eye for the strike zone – and one hell of a digital storyteller. It doesn’t get much better. I’m going to embed the three movies he made here to give you the [...]

Reading a post by NJ Tech Teacher (we tweet) that aligned with the Traveler IQ test from the post below prompted me to post my own World 66 maps. A little more yuletide fluff. I didn’t leave the US until the Army helped me escape in ’98. But while in the States, I had the [...]

Here’s a fun Traveler’s IQ test for you. Timing counts! Report back here with a comment. Let’s get Diane Cordell and Steven Downes in the ring again – time to “flip another goat-sucker”! My score, first time:   And see “related links” below for a few other challenges you can take! Photo Credit: Stuart R [...]

Lesson learned: if you start a digital video, finish it quickly. I started this months ago as part of the “Visionary Student Blogging” project for my AP Literature seniors. Some crazy introductory idea that I hoped would help them see how blogging could be an escape from school-as-usual. I didn’t finish it the way I [...]

Imagine an American future in which all news is Fox “news.” It just got closer – read below. If you’re an American, please consider practicing the easiest form of citizenship in the history of the republic – a click and a message to your congressperson, 2 minutes max. This is so intimately tied to education, [...]