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“If there was sadness, it was for the passing of an age where one man, in himself, could fire the free world to do battle for its own greatness, and if there were tears, they were shed in watching…

Flickr Photo “Starbucks – makes da people – come together!” by Andre A

I frequently find myself awake at 3:00 in the morning and unable to get back to sleep.  However, I never have…

Flickr Photo by Sharyn Morrow

I keep getting reminded that many of the people in my audiences are not of my generation, though I suspect that this is more true of those who read my blog…

In just a few hours I’ll be heading to the airport to start my 13 hour trip to Brussels, Belgium. For the rest of the week. I’ll be working specifically with the elementary teachers and having…

Over the past couple of weeks I’ve been working closely with a couple of our 3rd grade teacher looking at their mapping unit and using Google Earth. I talked about the lessons I was helping with a…

Virginia is an odd place, at least when it comes to politics. Among other things we have an election for Governor and much of the state legislature in this so-called “off year”.

And since the…

Gerald Bracey, one of the smartest, not to mention frankest, voices in the discussion of American education reform, lines up nine myths about public education and flattens them.

It’s all good…

• Follow Teachers Online - Directory 2 on Twitter

  Another cool list of teachers on Tweepml

  tags: education, twitter, teacher, edu_news

Some of the most talented, caring, effective teachers I know, for a variety of reasons (with lack of site support or computer access issues at the top of the list), have shied away from all things…

Over the past couple of weeks I’ve been working closely with a couple of our 3rd grade teacher looking at their mapping unit and using Google Earth. I talked about the lessons I was…

Technology for goin’ heroIf teachers are not careful and deliberate, technology tends to be used as a getting things done tool. That’s good but not good enough.

Photo by woodleywonderworks.
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• Jennifer Maddrell’s research on Backchannels

  Research shared by Dr. Leigh Zeitz on backchannel research.

  tags: education, backchannel, research, edu_trends, edu_news, …

Flickr Photo by Ilkka K00

I just got off the phone with a market researcher for a major (textbook) publishing company, and we had a wonderful conversation about innovation, learning…

• Primary Flat Classroom Project Wiki

  Before you can join the project wiki, you must join and be approved for our main project wiki. After you join and are approved here, you will have to take…