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It’s a Different World

Thank you for bringing John Palfrey to the school last night. He was fabulous, and he spoke directly to issues…

16 years ago

A Digital Crossroads

Digital kids in a digital world. What's to worry about? Here is a short interview with John Palfrey author of…

16 years ago

Keep Calm and Carry On

In a time of crisis and turmoil it is sometimes valuable to turn to the past for reassurance. So: -…

16 years ago

Social Networking and Education

"Social Networking: does it bring positive change to education?" This is one of the questions posed by The Economist magazine.…

17 years ago

Take Another Picture

Year two of the lower school Take One Picture project* and the picture is (drumroll please): Fantasy Castle with Men…

17 years ago

Everyone a Planner Now: No More Status Quo

Ten Trends: educating children for tomorrow’s world An article in the Journal of School Improvement a while back examined ten…

17 years ago

Change Again

Within the past 50 years, we’ve seen our country move from an industrial economy to an information-based economy. Now, early…

17 years ago

What’s Next?

What's next for computers? Here's a demonstration of a multi-touch interface. Pretty amazing.Imagine the classroom or the workplace where everyone…

18 years ago

The Machine Stops

In an earlier post, I mentioned the prescient Marshall McLuhan who saw decades ago that we were living in an…

18 years ago

The Machine is Us/ing Us: The Machine Will Not Stop

Take a look at this fascinating video about web 2.0 from Michael Wesch, Assistant Professor of Cultural Anthropology at Kansas…

18 years ago

People, Planet, Purpose

"It is easier to change the course of history than to change a history course". "Proposals for change in schools…

18 years ago

Plus ça change, c’est la même chose – only faster

The one thing about which all educators are in agreement is that yesterday's education no longer suffices for today. The…

18 years ago