Yesterday I participated in an information session for the Parents Association on the topic of “Growing Up Online: Understanding the Greatest Generation Gap Since Rock and Roll.”  Over the course of an hour, we discussed a number of issues related to raising children in the Digital Age, ranging from Internet filters to sexting, but social [...]

When I started blogging a year ago, my first several posts were on the topic of “getting connected” and developing a personal learning network (PLN).  As I was early in the process of establishing my own PLN, the issue seemed quite timely; what better way to engage teachers on the matter than to highlight the [...]

A few weeks ago I began a series of posts that focused on the idea of 21st Century Literacy.  Several organizations, including the Partnership for 21st Century Skills, NCREL/Metri Group, and ISTE have created frameworks that articulate what it means to be literate in the contemporary sense.  Using their work as a guide, we have [...]