Just like Atlassian has their “Fedex Day” and Google has their “20%” days, education needs to create similar models of days where kids are free to explore areas that interest them and develop new ideas. If we ever want kids to be engaged in what they are doing in everyday class, then we need to [...]

Students need to be equipped with a plethora of skills to be successful in the 21st century, new economy, globalized world, or whatever you want to call it. Regardless, students’ ability to be clear and articulate as writers AND speakers will take center stage and define whether or not their ideas are accepted and developed [...]

As we continue to evolve technology and Web 2.0 tools, students must become advanced in the skill of “adaptability”. This is a product of the constantly changing virtual world that is in a persistent battle of jockeying for the newest, latest program that is more efficient and user-friendly than its predecessors. Consider the transformation of [...]

A critical skill to a successful future will be the ability to think as the programmer and the consumer AT THE SAME TIME. Much of this, I think, comes from the fact that technologies will mean less and less face-to-face interaction between those doing the creating and those doing the using. In other words, much [...]

In June of 2001 I bought my very first laptop. It was a Dell Inspiron with a 12GB hard drive, 128 MB of RAM, external CD-DVD drive, no Ethernet port, two card slots, no wireless card, no Bluetooth, an Intel Celeron processor, Microsoft Office 2000, and weighed approximately 6.6 pounds. I can still remember how [...]

Much of the world of educational reform revolves around special interest groups or individuals claiming that their way is the “best” way to increase student achievement, close the achievement gap, and provide the educational setting that students deserve. All of these ideas are loosely-coupled and rarely speak to the crux of the issue simply because [...]