Do you spend most of your day sitting at your desk? Have you ever wished your work required you to move around more, instead of sitting all day? Sometimes that sedentary feeling just makes you feel lethargic, right? Well, that was…
Walk and Work
Category: Research
Good Work by Good People
Most days, my news feeds bring me news about inspiring and empowering projects in education. Today was one of those days. There’s a journalist who has committed 7 years of his life to walking from one continent to the next.…
Early Learning with Technology
Joint position statement: http://www.naeyc.org/content/technology-and-young-children
Khan Academy
I’m doing some research on Khan Academy and this post is where I’m collecting my thoughts and resources. Sylvia Martinez, president of Generation YES, is someone whose opinion I have great respect for. She has four blog posts about Khan Academy and…
Making Assessments Meaningful
Bank Street College has a series of what they call “occasional papers” posted on their site. There’s one called “Toward Meaningful Assessments” which explores this from the perspective of a group of 1st grade teachers in NYC using performance assessments.…
Teaching a Leadership Course
I’m teaching a course at Plymouth State University called “Leadership in Educational Technology.” I’ve taught the course with a full class once before. This time around, I have to recreate the course because the university switched from Blackboard to Moodle.…