This isn’t just about education; it’s about society as well. We have a legitimate obsession problem with technology and the amount of it that we utilize on a daily basis. The concern should only be heightened by the results of a recent study.  Consider the following excerpt from a recent Pew Research Center article on [...]

We need technology-specific classes that have technology teachers at the front of them. Why? Because the whole idea of “infusing” technology into mainstream classes is great in theory, but the reality is that I don’t think we are seeing the type of growth in students that we should be given the amount of emphasis that [...]

Class size discussions fascinate me especially when we start talking about making students “independent learners” and when we want to expand learning “beyond the walls of the classroom” by introducing technology and, especially, social media tools. It even fascinates me so much that I wrote a post in early January talking about “How Class Sizes [...]

Isn’t it fascinating how there is more reading material and alternative viewpoints available to students, teachers, administrators, and society in general today than any other time period in the history of the world yet we continue to perpetuate a system of compliance and uniformity instead of questioning and original thought? Not really. I would surmise [...]

Yesterday I was standing in Colonial Williamsburg when one of the artisans came over to me and said, “no Spring Training for Ramapo Baseball this year?” I looked at him startled, and he motioned down to my jacket. I had forgotten that I was wearing my Adidas travel jacket from my baseball playing days at [...]

I love how people will buy into one idea, but they are not willing to realize that they then need to attribute that idea to all facets of life; not just what is convenient to them. Let’s take, for instance, Daniel Pink‘s recent theories on Motivation 3.0 and Seth Godin‘s “Cogs vs. Artists” thoughts. Now [...]

There are some times where people need to yield to the technology and realize that it is what most of us refer to as a “user problem”. For instance: It is YOUR fault if you are typing in the wrong password; not the computers. Items don’t delete themselves off your desktop. You do. There is [...]

As I sat at TedxNYEd this weekend, a thought kept recurring in my head, which I eventually tweeted: @aaron_eyler: My observation: Big problem with schools is most still haven’t outgrown the backpack. It restricts learning to a sack. @ 11:34 a.m. Now I am sure that there are a lot of people who read (or [...]

In a post on January 6th, 2010, I discussed IWB’s and why I think districts are making a mistake in purchasing them. If you haven’t read the post, here is an important piece of why I feel this way: Simultaneously, the public consumer has been witness to touch screens themselves by way of the iPhone [...]

Every student I have ever had has benefited from learning how to generate sub-questions in an effort to break down complex wording and create highly complex connections between topics and ideas. I find that when students are uncertain as to WHAT the question is asking them, they simply write every possible answer known to man [...]