[cross-posted at the TechLearning blog] India’s quest to create a $10 laptop is getting a lot of press this week. Fast Company notes that the proposed design will have 2 GB of RAM, wired Ethernet, and Wi-Fi and probably will run Linux. The laptop initiative is part of India’s National Missio...

I read with great interest the other day Jeff Utecht’s post regarding his declining Technorati authority. Although I agree with others that Technorati has some deficiencies as a blogging metric, it still can be a useful tool to help monitor conversations and online presence. Like Jeff and the han...

While I obviously haven't been blogging- I have been fast at it. I would say I have been busy, but Dean Shareski (our new convener for K12Online)  has taught me we are all busy and I am not suppose to talk about how busy I am, but rather just talk about what I have been up to lately.   I k...

(cross-posted at TechLearning) Yesterday, I was browsing in a used bookstore and found something more than the hand-me down literature in the bookshelves. Posted on two of the walls in the shop was an exhibit of what was described as “found art.� It was in fact a collection of all the things tha...

  (cross-posted at TechLearning.com) I’d like to follow up my last TechLearning blog post with a letter I received from Stacey, a parent of a middle school student, who gave me permission to include it here: Georgia is a 6th grader who has always been interested in social justice. Since a ver...

(cross-posted at TechLearning.com) I’ve talked here and in my entries at the TechLearning blog a bunch about Daniel Pink and his book A Whole New Mind . It’s a stellar book and Pink’s argument that we need to encourage 6 senses (Design, Story, Symphony, Empathy, Play, and Meaning) ...

(cross-posted at TechLearning.com) The other day I was at my doctor’s office. There on his desk, connected to his computer, was an iPhone. After the medical portion of our meeting was taken care of, I asked him the question I really wanted to ask: how he liked his phone. “I love it!̶...

(cross-posted at TechLearning.com) Over the past two weeks, I’ve been having my students (and staff) complete the online NetDay Survey by “Speak Up,” a national research project conducted by “Project Tomorrow.” They’ve put together free surveys for Parents, Teache...