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April 25, 2012 12:52PM - Technological abstinence is
not the way, Mr. Obama
May 13, 2010 04:41PM - Killing our sacred cows in
education
May 11, 2010 10:29PM - Engagement Technology or How I
Learned to Stop Worrying...
August 06, 2009 01:56AM - Sisyphus and Education: Let's
Do It Again!
August 01, 2009 05:05AM
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will be in her
second…”
August 15, 2009 10:46AM - “That's a great intro.
Framing an assignment with a
concept
like that is
creative…”
August 12, 2009 01:49AM - “I hate to say it, but
your friend is right to a
certain
extent. Some people in
e…”
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selling scarcity in the land
of the free.
It seems that the
on…”
August 10, 2009 05:05PM
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APRIL 25, 2012 12:54PM
Why Learning Management REALLY Suck
Close Enough
Donald Jordan ©: 2012
Donald Jordan ©: 2012
The question that I open up most of my workshops on our
university's Learning Management System (LMS) with is a throwback
to an old Microsoft ad campaign that asks, "What do you want to do
today?" I ask this question because… Read full post »
MAY 13, 2010 4:41PM
Technological abstinence is not the way, Mr. Obama
At a commencement speech at Hampton
University, I was a bit surprised by an unexpected dig at
technology by Obama when he stated:
"[Y]ou're coming of age in a 24/7
media environment that bombards us with all kinds of content and
exposes us to all kinds of arguments, some of… Read full post »
MAY 11, 2010 10:29PM
Killing our sacred cows in education
Educational leaders, if they wish for their institutions to
remain healthy, must think about the future differently from
past generations. Indeed, they must think about and reassess
the very nature of education. This is not to say that t… Read full post »
AUGUST 6, 2009 1:56AM
Engagement Technology or How I Learned to Stop Worrying...
I find it very interesting that many
of the technological initiatives in education have largely failed,
or at least failed to live up to the hype. When looking at the cost
benefit analysis of many IT projects, most simply do not make
sense. A number of studies discuss the use… Read full post »
AUGUST 1, 2009 5:05AM
Sisyphus and Education: Let's Do It Again!
I remember reading the
The Myth of Sisyphus
JULY 26, 2009 7:15PM
Toward a Definition of Deficit Learning
At its heart, the deficit model seems straight forward: students are lacking in knowledge or skill and they come to school in order to have that deficit removed or diminished. What I find interesting is that many of my peers, which include both teachers and administrators, responded negatively to th… Read full post »
JULY 26, 2009 2:55PM
Is Education Finding and Fostering Talent?
Lani Guinier throws down the gauntlet for education with her scathing indictment of the SAT and by extension, the educational establishment's culturing and assessing of 'talent.' The problem, in essence, is the fact that education exists within a complex system and the SAT (here used…
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