Every few years, the educational community chooses a catchy new trend and markets it as the greatest method students will ever experience.  When I was a child, the trend was writing in journals.  As I grew older, it was graphic organizers.  Later, Word Walls (which are making a comeback based upon the assumption that students are ...

Will we lose our ability to red, I mean reed, I mean read Technology has a profound impact upon societies in ways that are often unforseen unintended.  Despite the goal of technocrats to integrate technology, there are always social and political consequences that few can predict. Technology is not a simple, neutral tool for the ...