Ben Grey’s “21st Century Confusion” post asks a simple question that I’ve often toyed with too: The Partnership for 21st Century Skills believes demonstrating originality, communicating, being open and responsive, acting on creative ideas, utilizing time efficiently, accessing information, etc. are all 21st Century Skills. I’d retort that in reality, these skills have always been [...]
Archives for the Year 2008
Reply to Gary Stager’s HuffPo Post on Duncan
Saturday, 20 December 2008
The comment thread on Gary Stager’s HuffPo article on the Duncan appointment wouldn’t allow this long response, so I’m posting it here. Gary, I’m still informing myself (and as others have noted, your links are now more of my homework), so I’m going to withhold judgment somewhat. I will say that all the reading I’ve [...]
An Approach to Teacher Merit Pay I Could Live With
Thursday, 18 December 2008
Who is Arne Duncan and how will his choice as Secretary of Education affect education in the US (and, for better or worse in this hegemonic age, much of the rest of the world)? I’ve spent so many hours since the announcement reading reactions online that both my eyes and my brain cells are fried. [...]
Bush Accepts Evolution, not a “Literalist” (video)
Monday, 15 December 2008
Oh, the French wit. Just the right sauce for my Freedom Fries: Asked to sum up Bush’s record on the [climate change] issue, France’s climate ambassador Brice Lalonde chose instead to pass on a story he had heard. A man comes to the White House asking to see Bush. “He doesn’t live here anymore,” he [...]
Clarifications (?) on “Slow Blogging” and “Fast Reading”
Friday, 12 December 2008
(A response to Morgante Pell’s “Slow Blogging in Fast Times.”) “Trying to determine what is going on in the world by reading newspapers is like trying to tell the time by watching the second hand of a clock.” –Ben Hecht Nice post. I’m sympathetic to the thrust, but would argue it’s not the length of [...]
Wordle Caption Competition Winner, Photoshop/Gimp Goodness
Thursday, 11 December 2008
Announcing… ΨΨ The Winner of the McCain Stump Speech Wordle “Write Your Own Caption” Competition © ΨΨ I am pleased to announce the winner is the very talented Vincent Robletto, whose Kerblotto blog screams “Subscribe” for its verbal and graphic wit and creativity. Vincent’s submission rose above thousands hundreds tens ones of rivals. So, without [...]
Oedipus, the Wordle
Tuesday, 9 December 2008
The Audacity of . . . . Culture!
Tuesday, 9 December 2008
How to “Smart Mob” against Creationism in Textbooks (video)
Monday, 8 December 2008
Picture this: enterprising students in cities in Texas, particularly, and other cities nationwide – along with counterparts in Romania, which just mandated a Creationism-only science curriculum (I kid you not), and maybe Turkey, for good measure – organize Smart Mobs to strike, peacefully and simultaneously, out of the blue to demand only 21st century science [...]
Sophocles, Oedipus, and the Fallacy of Free Will
Monday, 8 December 2008






