Big Think is starting a really neat series titled, “Moments in Genius”, and while I am interested in hearing a lot of these ideas, there is a deeper aspect that fascinates me and relates strongly to a problem in education. Take a look and see how many of these “great moments” were accompanied by an [...]

This post will kick around ideas based on one of two questions that I posed yesterday (Simulations In The Classroom- Two Questions). Before we dissect the first question, everyone should check out the links that Bill Chapman left me yesterday and today. He was kind enough to share the following simulations from his website: Classroomtools.com. [...]

In any assignment, the first Boolean search that a kid engages in should be a cognitive one. Regardless of the increase in connectivity and the ability to “Google” answers from an increasing number of electronic devices, it doesn’t eliminate the need for developing a strong frame-of-reference and ability to sort information mentally according to easily [...]

I support standardized testing and so do you even if you don’t know it or want to admit it. What you don’t support is standardized testing in its current form or for that use that has become synonymous with the term. Imagine if standardized testing was not mentioned in the same sentence as the “No [...]

It seems as though politicians are rallying around the notion of national standards and there are few individuals voicing an opinion and raising questions about the effectiveness of such measures. I, on the other hand, am beginning to wonder if the entire country realizes that standards as they are currently envisioned limit the amount of [...]

It is rather intriguing to look around the world of education and listen to the varying beliefs on “what” should be taught in schools. Curriculum is always a favorite target of mine, and many of you who read my work regularly know my feelings on our inflated, overstuffed, irrelevant curricula that emphasize a need to [...]

I never like to include my own personal experiences on my blog, but today was the type of day that makes teachers grin from ear to ear. This week is midterms and many of you know my feelings on that issue, but this year I was lucky enough to be drawn into a different situation. [...]

I would consider myself somewhat of a tech enthusiast who works diligently to constantly ground himself about its application in education. At the same time, I would like to see more technology infused into classrooms. Collins and Halverson1 suggest that there are two arguments that technology enthusiasts make as to why new technologies will revolutionize [...]

I think video of giving a different perspective of what I am trying to say about “Synthesizing Education”. Much of their discussion has comes across as integrative thinking to combine the positives of the current structure while make predictions for what our kids will encounter in the future. Most importantly, I love the underlying emphasis [...]

Let me give you some background before I begin this discussion. I am a building technology coordinator, advocate of Web 2.0 tools, blog author, reader of technology books, Android owner, website developer, technology using teacher (most importantly), and fearful of the ways that technology is seemingly being shoved into classrooms across the country with minimal [...]