What's changed? Pretty much everything. A question to get going with: Shopping and information then and now: If you want…
The world is moving at a tremendous rate. Going no one knows where. We must prepare our children, not for…
Great essay by Daniel Roth in Wired magazine about “geeks” and school. Some extracts: “The driving force in the life…
For those who enjoy lists: The top 100 tools for learning. This is the 3rd year learning professionals from all…
A high school parent writes: I think we knew this already (“study shows teens’ use of digital media show that…
From UniversityAffairs in Canada comes this technology tale of mayhem, menace, mischief and malice: The Wild Web. There's even a…
Digital kids in a digital world. What's to worry about? Here is a short interview with John Palfrey author of…
Do you suffer from email apnea? Are your hunter-gatherer instincts affecting your attention span and productivity? Help - or at…
Technology is always disruptive. Think of the introduction of the printing press, or the combine harvester, or the mechanical looms…
Technology is always disruptive. Think of the introduction of the printing press, or the combine harvester, or the mechanical looms…
Gary Stager came to Poughkeepsie Day School at the end of March and he began with a lively Vassar College/…
Gary Stager with PDS faculty March 30th Here's a story that Gary related at Vassar on Thursday. It's about his…
In an earlier post, I mentioned the prescient Marshall McLuhan who saw decades ago that we were living in an…
Take a look at this fascinating video about web 2.0 from Michael Wesch, Assistant Professor of Cultural Anthropology at Kansas…
Why can't they be like we were? Perfect in every way? What's the matter with kids today?* BYE BYE BIRDIE…