Bill Ferriter tagged me a few weeks ago to participate in the “This I Believe” meme. Started by Barry Bachenheimer, the meme is patterned after National Public Radio’s “This I Believe” and is an opportunity to share one’s philosophy of education. It has taken me some time to respond to Bill’s invitation because, quite simply, [...]

Over the past few weeks I’ve been highlighting the four themes that will guide the “curriculum and instruction” aspects of our 1:1 Tablet PC implementation: Information Management and Research Digital Citizenship Communication and Collaboration in a Global World Creativity, Critical Thinking, and Design The first, Information Management and Research, provides a unified research strategy. The [...]

I had a brief but enlightening discussion a few days ago with our Head of Lower School regarding Andrew Keen’s book, The Cult of the Amateur: How Today’s Internet is Killing Our Culture. As the title suggests, Keen takes a dim view of the Internet and is particularly disparaging of blogs, wikis and other Web [...]