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When educators talk about education they tend to say it is important but then are critical of educational practice. Standards are too low. Teachers are lazy of incompetent. Costs are too high. Teachers hide behind unions. If you work in … Continue reading →

Teaching Students to Live Tweet – Starr Sackstein, MJE, NBCT http://nzzl.us/2oysnPu  – really wish we wouldn’t. Engage in extended writing. I posted the tweet appearing above earlier today. Some time later my wife saw the tweet and took exception. She … Continue reading →

Mimi Ito claims teen mastery of phone technology is an untended consequence of this age group having limited privacy in other areas of their lives. Other opportunities for privacy are declining due to parent fears. “Constraints configure practice.” The phone … Continue reading →

When it comes to education, I am pretty much a fan of hybrid everything. I think integrating new things tends to work far better than making drastic transitions. It also avoids the flip-flopping so common in educational practice. It seems … Continue reading →

David Pogue has taken to Scientific American (of all outlets) to address adblockers and revenue for online content creators. Pogue recognizes that one of the reasons for the popularity of ad blockers is the slow load speeds and wasted bandwidth … Continue reading →