More from the previous posts. I’m having a lot of fun creating that staff development wiki. The “Digital Arts for Multiple Intelligences” pages are coming along nicely, but unevenly, so your input would be great (thanks, Patrick and Diane!). I’ve also got a page called “Links to Real World Examples of 21st Century Educators.” I’ve [...]
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How to Unfall from a Tightrope with Web 2.0: Update on Google Earth Tour / Live Skypecast Disaster
Friday, 17 August 2007
Constantly risking absurdityand deathwhenever he performsabove the headsof his audiencethe poet like an acrobatclimbs on rimeto a high wire of his own makingand balancing on eyebeamsabove a sea of facespaces his wayto the other side of the day…. ….in his supposed advancetoward that still higher perchwhere Beauty stands and waitswith gravityto start her death-defying leapAnd [...]
Update on Live Skype Invitation: around 1930 hours GMT+9
Wednesday, 15 August 2007
We expect my presentation to start around 7.30 p.m. That would make it: Thursday 11 a.m. in London Thursday 12.30 a.m. (ouch) in Hawaii (sorry, Chris! I owe you! Or you can send me a YackPack voice message?) Thursday 4.30 a.m. (carrumba) in Denver (Karl, how about a YackPack message?) Thursday 5.30 p.m. in Bangkok [...]
"Double-Time: FLY!" Call for Live Skype / Google Earth Guests for Parent Presentation
Wednesday, 15 August 2007
A Quick Youth Relevance Poll: School, Church, and "Unschooled" Youths
Friday, 20 July 2007
Following up on that last post questioning whether it’s time for the very idea (and institution) of “school” to die, a thought experiment: Create a real-world project with all the right ingredients: relevance: it’s not a school exercise that ends up just another class project on the web, primarily designed to make students learn content [...]
"Where are the Students?" Redux: Beyond NECC (A Tirade Against Infantilization)
Saturday, 7 July 2007
Karl Fisch, Scott McLeod, and others are discussing how to include student voices at NECC. While I admire Karl immensely, I find the scope of the idea inadequately ambitious. NECC means less (next to nothing, I would guess) to students compared to their daily school experience, and their participation in the larger world generally. They [...]
Call to World Teens: "Concerts for Global Cooling," Earth Day 2008 (Part 5 in a series)
Sunday, 17 June 2007
"The Year of Global Cooling" and "Understanding by Design" (part 4 in a series)
Saturday, 16 June 2007
The Best Idea I’ve Ever Had: A Cool Way to Fight Warming and Create Global Citizens (Part 2 in a series)
Thursday, 14 June 2007
Green University Pledge — What About K-12? (Part 1 in a series)
Wednesday, 13 June 2007






