Aug 18 2009
A few days ago, Kim Cofino was wondering about the variations in job titles amongst people doing similar work at different schools. What is it about technology in education that makes it so difficult to define roles that everyone can agree on and understand? Even though we’ve had technology in schools for decades, it still [...]
Feb 19 2009
Things have been pretty crazy in these parts of the woods. I haven’t even had a chance to tell the world that I will have a new job next year! After our Teaching with Technology PD sessions last November, one question that kept coming up was “Why don’t we have somebody like Jeff Utecht on [...]
Nov 23 2008
Morpheus came to UNIS last weekend… You remember The Matrix, right? (If you don’t, maybe we shouldn’t be friends. It’s only one of the best movies ever.) Morpheus shows up in Mr. Anderson’s life, dazzles him with some crazy out-of-this world stuff, and then offers him a choice: Neo, this is your last chance. After [...]
Apr 21 2008
I’ll admit it: I missed the boat on this whole blogging thing. But now that I’m here, I got some questions that need some answers. This list is by no means exhaustive, but it’s all I could write while my Grade 8s were taking their Algebra Skills Assessment: How do I use those footnotes like [...]
Apr 17 2008
NOTE: a version of this post first appeared on an internal blog at our school as was inspired by a post by Jeff Utecht. This post is also cross-posted at Pockets of Change, a new blog that I co-author with my colleague Adrienne Michetti. With all due respect to Gil Scot-Heron… True revolutions are not created or planned. They are organic: they arise when the needs of the masses (students, teachers, and even administrators) outstrip [...]
