Category archives: Articles
Black Cloud: What Educators Could Learn From Ning’s Swan Song
Panic struck my PLN yesterday as it was announced that Ning would no longer be hosting free social networks. My friends and colleagues, some of whom have extremely large Ning communities were left wondering what was going to happen to… continue reading »
This Puritanical Double Standard For Teachers is Wrong
I have been wanting to write about this topic for quite some time but it has always been pushed to the back burner. A number of recent current events and some tweets from members of my PLN have brought it… continue reading »
The Transcript Trap: Your Real ‘Permanent Record’
Every year at about this time I let my school’s guidance councilors come into my ninth grade classrooms to talk with the students about their path toward graduation. The councilors at my school do a great job outlining the graduation… continue reading »
School of the Future Part 3: Administration
After taking a short hiatus from social networking due to the birth of my daughter (cutie), I return to the school of the future series with a fury. In this post I would like to discuss educational hierarchy in general… continue reading »
School of the Future Part 2: Infrastructure
The way I see things, in the school of the future there will either be a building where everyone meets to engage in learning, or there won’t be. Let’s look at both possible scenarios. Scenario 1: A building. A far… continue reading »
School of the Future Series: In Defense of Daydreaming
After generating a little interest in this series and a some scorn, I need to answer one question for myself before I continue this fantasy. That question is, why waste your time daydreaming about the future when the present state… continue reading »