Archive for July, 2008

Leadership is not about you

Sunday, July 20th, 2008

I’ve just recently tapped into a conversation that is going on among edtech people.  It is a conversation that is always going on among edtech people.  Namely: how do we get people to change…  how do we get teachers to use technology and administrators to demand teacher use of technology.
It has been my belief […]

Flickr? I don’t even know her.

Sunday, July 20th, 2008

Lately, I’ve taken to reading Scott McLeod’s blog. Maybe because I dont’ update my own blog often enough.. I’ll post my comment to his post about all the things he gets from twitter, youtube, flickr, facebook and ning.  (ps… here’s my flickr. )
The social web is about people and connectivity, right? So […]

Manifest

Sunday, July 6th, 2008

People who spend most of their non-working hours online surfing and chatting to no really useful end forego exercise, activity, time in nature, time with friends and family. Studies show that kids who spend all their time playing video games (on and offline) tend to do more poorly in school and, at the extreme ends, […]