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Climbing the same mountain 27 Aug 2013 | 03:13 pm
A mountain climber spends weeks on a mountain undergoing terrible conditions, taxing his body and mind to the limit, working as hard as humanly possible. He finally, triumphantly reaches the summit, o...
BFTP: Building the capacity for empathy 24 Aug 2013 | 06:31 pm
A weekend Blue Skunk "feature" will be a revision of an old post. I'm calling this BFTP: Blast from the Past. Original post July 12, 2008. I worry now that the Common Core ELA standards begin to stres...
Are we building Google loyalty in our students? 24 Aug 2013 | 12:27 am
Earlier this week, my buddy Miguel raked me over the coals for not taking privacy issues seriously enough in my somewhat-tongue-in-cheek post Google and Privacy. I'm not really interested in debating ...
Gamifying PD 23 Aug 2013 | 04:36 am
Teachers cannot expect to teach in ways they have not experienced as learners. Or willingly and proficiently, anyway. That's why my brilliant district tech integration specialists, Marti and Trac...
Five years a digital reader 19 Aug 2013 | 03:54 pm
It's been five years that I've been reading books primarily in e-formats. I got my first Kindle e-book reader in the summer of 2008. I am now on my, uh, fourth Kindle and have purchased 260 books - on...
BFTP: A second Thanksgiving Day 18 Aug 2013 | 04:03 pm
A weekend Blue Skunk "feature" will be a revision of an old post. I'm calling this BFTP: Blast from the Past. Original post, July 5, 2008. curmudgeon: An ill tempered (and frequently old) person full...
Google and privacy 15 Aug 2013 | 03:23 pm
By now, most of us have figured out that when we are arranging the pickup of a large stash of cocaine; supplying arms to a rebel militia; or making a date with a prostitute, hit man, or lobbyist; we s...
Librarians: Collaborate to lead 14 Aug 2013 | 03:04 pm
80% of success is just showing up. Woody Allen The booklet School Library Research Summarized (Kachel, Mansfield University, 2013) analyzes 20 years of th...
How much should districts standardize on technology? 12 Aug 2013 | 04:25 pm
In One LMS for All or Digital Spaces for All, Ryan Bretag writes: ... I’m continuing to ask these key questions: Is there still a need for a “traditional” Learning Management System? Is there a ne...
BFTP: Damned by a single measure 10 Aug 2013 | 05:02 pm
A weekend Blue Skunk "feature" will be a revision of an old post. I'm calling this BFTP: Blast from the Past. Original post June 19, 2008. The political calls for high-stakes testing seem to growing ...
