Category Archives: censorship

The Fox in the Henhouse: Take 2 Minutes to Take a Stand against Media Consolidation

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, and to so […]

Quick Round-Up: Bad Selflessness, Bad Morality, Edublog Awards, and Students 2.0 Blog Countdown

I’m off to Bangkok for the Apple Distinguished Educator 2007 Asia Institute in 24 hours, so I’m crazy rushed: sub plans for 3 missed classes, packing, the usual teachery stuff (gradebooks and other banes), prepping a presentation for how 1:1 is working (and sometimes not working?) at our school. (I really look forward, more […]

Another Comments Thread Worth Sharing: Grappling with the Big Questions on Classroom Blogging Policy

Wow. It’s been a heady 24 hours. My site went down on Friday night around 10pm, and at midnight my neighborhood lost internet service. When I woke this morning, it was still down. It came on at 11 a.m., and I had a new experience: my Blogging Parent Letter: Choose Your Privacy […]

Create 1:1 Envy and Open Network Envy in Your Admin: Show Them My School’s 1:1 Promo Movie

Here’s an 8-minute promo movie I made for my school over the last few hours. I share it in case anyone wants a resource that talks through a couple of class projects we did last year in my grade 9 history and English classes - and shamelessly boasts about how special my school is […]

Post-Rant: A Happy Ending (or, "The Iron Team Lives On")

Kent: Now, banish’d Kent,
If thou canst serve where thou dost stand condemn’d,
…Thy master, whom thou lovest,
Shall find thee full of labours.
–King Lear I.iv.5-8
Photo Credit: “Iron Team” by 3blindmice on Flickr (via Everystockphoto.com)
What. an. intense. week. or two.My last post was a rant against what I perceived to be […]