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Banning Laptops: An Educational Injustice

While we’ve been busy the past several weeks making final preparations for our 1:1 Tablet PC deployment, several institutions of higher learning have been curtailing (and in some cases outright...

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Navigating the Route to Change

The word “direction” seems to be something of a rallying cry for change as of late.  Both presidential candidates have spoken at length about the new “direction” each would take the country if elected....

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Assessing Skills: Difficult But Not Impossible

Yesterday our Head of School lead an Understanding By Design (UBD) workshop for the middle school faculty.  When discussing the assessment process, she stressed the need to create assessments that:...

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Digital Literacy 101: Class Dismissed But Not Over

The first trimester has ended and our 7th grade Digital Literacy course has come to an end.  For those who attended in person or followed along online, here’s a hyper-linked list of the topics we...

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Disrupting Class: Disruptive But Not Innovative

I’m a little behind the curve in terms of tackling my reading list, but the holidays gave me a chance to finally read Disrupting Class: How Disruptive Innovation Will Change the Way the World Learns by...

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Do You Really Need a Personal Learning Network?

When I started blogging a year ago, my first several posts were on the topic of “getting connected” and developing a personal learning network (PLN).  As I was early in the process of establishing my...

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Hands-On Learning is “Grand”

I’ve spent the better part of the last two weekends helping my fourth grade son complete a series of “hands-on” activities designed to teach him about the southeast region of the United States.  These...

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The Good Enough Revolution

This month’s Wired Magazine features Robert Capps’ article, The Good Enough Revolution: When Cheap and Simple is Just Fine.  Capps’ piece, citing luminaries such as Flip Video inventors Jonathan Kaplan...

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Preparing for H1N1: Distance Learning

Like most schools across the country and around the world, the potential for an H1N1 outbreak has necessitated some intense planning and preparation by our faculty and staff.  As an independent school...

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Curriculum, Technology, and the Pace of Change

As the instructional technology coordinator for our middle school, I’ve been asked to give a brief  presentation next week to perspective families on the role of technology in the curriculum.  In...

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