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Which apple will your child hold?


15 June 13 11:03 AM
I agreed to review an iPad education app this week, which led me to thinking, which led to all kinds of problems--the review will have to wait. To learn something requires physical changes in the brain--this is not metaphorical. If your neurons don't Read More...
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Are you Sirious?


24 December 11 04:38 PM
Tuesday I'll grab the clam rake for the last time this year. Late Tuesday afternoon I'll wander over to an exposed tidal flat, and pull food out of the muck. I do not know who crafted the tines of my rake, but I know how it was done. I do not know where Read More...
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In the you cannot make this stuff up department....


04 December 11 08:58 PM
"When using and choosing technology for children teachers should let children pretend with the types of gadgets they see their parents using. Stock the dramatic play area with a non-working mouse and keyboard, cell phone and/or electronic music device." Read More...
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Unintended consequences: King Ludd was right


14 April 11 08:26 AM
Natural science has a funny way of bumping up against high tech. While we are way past the point of rationally discussing whether we'd be better off without automobiles, industrialized agriculture, or Auto-Tune (I'd vote against all three), not all high Read More...
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My Google-approved, high-tech, zomgilicious overhead projector


11 April 11 04:01 PM
We have interactive whiteboards in our classrooms. They are relatively expensive, and a real pain in the *** if you're left-handed, especially if there's any delay in the projection. (This may not seem obvious, go ask a southpaw...) The Amish do not have Read More...
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On classroom technologies


26 February 11 01:03 PM
“Young students and old thrive on the tactile experience of manipulating with their fingers. And I definitely appreciate being able to interact with the content – how could teaching and learning get any more hands-on?” Katie Morrow, Technology Integration Read More...
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Back to the future


01 January 11 10:45 AM
With all the clitter clatter of folks rushing to toss out last week's toys for the new and improved 2.0 version, here are a few things now obsolete, but well worth bringing back: 1) Chalk You cannot draw well with markers; it's even harder to draw with Read More...
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A response to a technophile


04 December 10 10:13 AM
Whenever I post about the ludicrousness of using tools at inappropriately young ages, I get animated responses with similar themes. These replies are often anonymous, and often thoughtless. I got one from my previous post that was neither anonymous nor Read More...
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Technology even a Luddite can love


16 September 10 08:16 PM
Just a quick peek in--it's the beginning of the year, and things are lovely, with the exception of a very local, very sad loss that will remain both local and sad--Bloomfield is a true community. We miss you, Michael. *** A few fish moved in this morning, Read More...
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Are you too edu-conventional?


14 July 10 12:24 PM
I've been spending too much time eavesdropping on edutech conversations--I'm having oral surgery in less than a week, and Twitter provides a diversion that allows me to pretend I'm actually doing something. "Every child MUST tweet! Blog! Skype! Wiki! Read More...
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Get a horse!


11 July 10 12:34 PM
Slide rules still work. There are good reasons to prefer calculators to slide rules if you're using the tools for production. I get that. There are good reasons to prefer cars to horses if you're using them for transportation, or word processors to pencils Read More...
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6th Great Extinction? (Don't scare the kids....)


04 July 10 08:27 PM
What do you teach a young adolescent? How much of the truth do you dare bare? We are in the midst of the Sixth Great Extinction. Technology got us here, and I have my doubts it will get us out. I have faith in life--creatures live in the deepest depths Read More...
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National Lab Rat Day


13 May 10 08:47 PM
We all have a vested interest in advancing our country’s proficiency in the disciplines of science, technology, engineering and math as a means to driving innovation and jobs — which are key to fueling our economic growth and global competitiveness. Steve Read More...
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Five inventions that have doomed humanity


26 February 10 07:39 AM
I just read a fun post tweeted by dtitle, "Five amazing inventions that will doom us all!" Why wait for the future, though? We already have all kinds of technological doo-dads that have doomed humanity (if not humans): Number Five: Television (and other Read More...
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The Technorati disconnect


20 February 10 07:31 AM
I'm hijacking a side conversation started by Doug Johnson, a mensch, on his Blue Skunk Blog . Go take a peek. Doug recently posted a letter by Janet HasBrouck, a teacher librarian lamenting the limitations of e-textbooks. ("Lamenting" may be too strong Read More...
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