Obama has appointed Julius Genachowski to head the FCC, which I think is pretty good. Genachowski is on the record as supporting network neutrality. Also, there’s a fair amount of eco-friendliness and tech-savviness in his background — he headed up the Obama team’s internet campaig...

Ken Robinson's "The Element" gets launched in the UK this week. It's a superb tome, and one that every educator, employee or entrepreneur should read, if only to check that they themselves are in the right place personally and professionally. Do your natural talents and passions meet at the same tim...

I find that one of the most useful features of Twitter is the resource sharing. With a well-established network of educators, it seems easy to solicit responses from educators who are willing to share favourite resources on various topics. Today, one of my undergraduate students Krystal (@tealek) in...

So David's school is a rather expensive one in a nice bit of the South East, but that doesn't negate the fact that his teaching of technology and the issues around it this past term has been astounding. Students are not just using games for learning but they're thinking about it, too, everyone - inc...

Damn Minneapolis. Damn Seattle. Damn their fancy book reading. This guy on the right, Dr. John W. Miller, doesn't think Kansas Citians are very literate. Miller just released his annual list of Americ... Continue reading "KC: Not quite illiterate but ..."...

Recently I posted some frugal youth marketing tips, which I think will be an ongoing theme here at Ypulse for awhile as we all tighten our belts and try to do more with less. As longtime readers know, I'm not a fan of marketing to youth at school, but I am a fan of youth learning about marketing and...

People sometimes ask why one might 'waste' one's time sitting on Advisory Boards, especially those of conferences. One reason I like it is that you can suggest that you'd like to hear someone like, say, Clay Shirky and, six months later, you've got him. Clay speaks today at Online Information Confer...

I will be on an election Postmortem panel at Kennesaw State University on Thursday and my topic will be the blogosphere and the election. Here are some bullet points I am assembling for the talk, got any others? Let me know: First point to remember. Blogs are simply a blank piece of paper. They can ...

"New technology is the devil incarnate. We should go back to the good old days""New technology is the panacea we've been looking for." The reality is much more nuanced than that. It's not about the good or the bad (it's not about pedagogy vs technology, the unfortunately entitled panel session I'll ...

I have been busy with a number of things these days. Here are a few thoughts on the what is happening. re: TLT08 I just came back from the TLT 2008 conference in Saskatoon. It was an excellent conference, and much better than last year. Highlights for me include the amazing keynotes by Rick Schwier ...