Although today was a snow day for much of St. Louis, once the roads cleared I made my way across town to the Midwest Education Technology Conference (METC).  The afternoon sessions I attended addressed key aspects of 1:1 planning, using Web 2.0 tools to improve student achievement, and the changing nature of information literacy. One-to-One [...]

For the past three days I’ve been attending the Lausanne Laptop Institute in Memphis.  Now that the conference has ended, I finally have time to process all that I’ve seen, heard and learned. Looking back on the sessions I attended, several themes emerged regarding leadership that I think are applicable to all of us. Strong [...]

I’m currently attending the Lausanne Laptop Institute in Memphis, TN, and this morning had the pleasure of attending Jim Heynderickx’s session, “When One Size Doesn’t Fit All: Strategic Differences Between Middle and High School Laptop Programs, and Their Long-Range Implications.”  Jim’s presentation is available from his website and it is well worth a look for [...]