I have encountered three examples in the past few weeks of using journals to learn. The first came from Ken Follett’s excellent novel, World Without End. One of the main characters is a woman who, going against the traditions of the day, becomes a doctor. As part of her own learning, she […]

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Improving the status of the teaching profession seems to be an idea who time has come. For instance, I finally found an afternoon to read through the back issues of Education Week that had piled up and clipped several articles about issues related to the deplorable lack of respect for teachers in America.
James […]

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From the Consortium on Chicago School Research from the University of Chicago, a report that extensive test prep actually lowered student scores on the ACT. The report–From High School to the Future: ACT Preparation–Too Much, Too Late–found:

Low ACT scores reflect poor alignment of standards from K-8 to high school and from high school […]

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Indexed, Jessica Hagy’s blog, is perfect for visual learners like me.  Each day, she creates a chart or graph on a different topic.  Have fun exploring.  And, if you get really hooked, her book has just been published, too.

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If you know me at all, you know that one of my favorite websites is LibraryThing.  So, this morning when I logged in, I was happy to see a PMOG mission devoted to books.  In case you didn’t read the last post, PMOG stands for Passively Multiplayer Online Game and one of its main features […]

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I found out about PMOG through a tweet from Howard Rheingold and signed up for a beta account. I’ve been playing for 9 days and have made it to level 3.   (That isn’t that big a deal.  Getting to level 4 is a little more of a challenge.) Recently, the game–a Passively Multiplayer Online […]

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Just read an article in Education Week about this new poll from Common Sense Media that reports that parents are conflicted about the role of digital media in their kids’ lives, particularly in terms of how well it helps them learn to communicate and collaborate. Here’s a sample:
But parents expressed skepticism about the value of […]

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I think I may be one of the book-loving technophiles that John Hendron wrote about in this post. In fact, I spent most of yesterday morning culling and organizing my books. There are two boxes of hard backs to go to the library and two boxes of paperbacks to go to my exchange […]

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Just got a notice from Amazon that because I purchased other books in the technology and society category, I might be interested in Mark Bauerlein’s new book, The Dumbest Generation: How the Digital Age Stupefies Young Americans and Jeopardizes Our Future. Here’s the product description: “This shocking, lively exposure of the intellectual vacuity […]

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