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The Future Is Digital

Our kids are more adaptable and resourceful when it comes to integrating new technology into their everyday lives. Snail mail is a thing of the past. Board games seem antiquated peculiarities. Oddly enough, textbooks seem steadfastly in place. Which one doesn’t look like the other?
The Textbook Doledrums
The textbook industry is massive, earning about $4.3b annually. [...]

Are You Ready for a New Global Perspective?

As we start this new semester we have to acknowledge the fact that we are living in a world that seems to be in a serious stage of re-thinking. We over-consume, over-pollute and leave a lot of the world hungry and full of preventable diseases. If we as adults are affected by the depressing nature [...]

Engage Me or Enrage Me! (Pt.1)

How to Start Engaging Students with Passion-Based Learning:
Recently I attended Alan November’s Building Learning Communities Conference where I participated in a session for educators exploring how to become transformational leaders. A participant at my table said, “This is all nice, but kids need to learn that school isn’t always interesting. Sometimes school is just boring.” [...]

“Transforming Classroom Practice” Reviewed

One of ISTE’s books has received some extra attention recently. Transforming Classroom Practice: Professional Development Strategies in Educational Technology, was reviewed by Educational Technology and Education Review. Both reviews found value in this book for slightly different, but related reasons.
In his review for Ed Tech, Wallace Hannum brings up an important point: professional development for [...]