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This I Believe Meme

Sunday, April 27th, 2008

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, [...]

1:1 Communication and Collaboration

Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008

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 second, Digital Citizenship, encourages appropriate [...]

Are We a Cult of Amateurs?

Saturday, April 19th, 2008

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 [...]