(Stories from my side of the field parts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6) The stress and pressures of life continues on the airplane. Even though I’m headed for a vacation, I work on my laptop the full 3 hour flight, trying to get one more task completed. The stress in my upper shoulders is aching as I sit in my cramped economy middle seat […]
OK…so let me clarify that title. I honestly think textbooks are on their way out…or at least I hope they are. Really it should read “Flipboard as core curation artifact for classrooms” but that wouldn’t have you here reading now would it. 🙂 I’m in love with Flipboard. I have been for awhile now….it’s one of the first apps that […]
I’m frustrated….it’s 2014 people! We’re 14 years into this century and the Internet turned 25 years old today. It’s here…it’s part of our culture…part of our daily lives…it’s time we stop fighting it and embrace it! In 2014….. School wide wifi that works should be a given…if school wifi was as fast and reliable as Starbucks…we wouldn’t need Starbucks! Every […]
CEO of Intel Brian Krzanich took to the Internet last week to encourage engineering students to stick with their programs and to shed some light on the fact that America and American companies are desperate for engineers. Not just in the tech sector but in other sectors as well. On my recent trip back from visiting ISG in Saudi Arabia, I sat next to […]
Over the past few weeks while visiting different schools I have observed while walking down hallways, peeking in on meetings, or just end up watching presentation being delivered by educators that….well….are really bad. I’m not talking about classroom teachers standing and giving presentations to students, I’m talking about counselors explaining the PSAT results to students, administrators presenting to staff, staff […]
We are starting a new completely online cohort in a few weeks. Time and space are running out if you want to be a part of it. Here are the details: Course Overview Course 1: Feb. 3 – March 16 Course 2: March 24 – May 11 (1 week spring break) Course 3: Sept. 8 – Oct. 19 (No summer […]
I like trying to predict what each year will bring us in Educational Technology. Looking back over the topics I’ve chosen through the years this one blog post probably shows more than anything where I’m focusing my attention and passion with technology. Plus being a futurist is kind of fun…..you actually get to make it up. 🙂 Here are my […]
In November I learned a valuealbe lesson. My wife and I were getting ready to run a 12K race in Vancouver, WA. The weather forecast called for high 30s to low 40s and rain the day of the race. It’s the Pacific Northwest so rain is always likely. I packed running clothes that I thought would be right for the […]
Well it’s official my 2013 travel season is over. I’m 33 miles short of flying 250,000 miles. But let’s put this 249,967 miles into perspective. I traveled around the world 10 times at the equator I traveled to the moon and 11,067 miles back to earth And now for my top 10 ways you know you traveled almost 250k in […]
Felicia Sobhani emailed me the other day. I did a presentation at her school, International School Turin, last October. It’s one of my favorite presentations to do…the ones where I get to talk directly to students. Anyway…she shared with me her following TEDx talk from November. Have a watch: