2¢ Worth

Brian Crosby republished an article in today’s Learning is Messy - Blog, that makes a compelling call to treat technology and social software as simply a new and valuable avenue for enriching our lives, rather than treating it as the number of the beast, because it’s new and valuable. He starts with…
Paper and pencils […]

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Disclaimer: After reading this again, I realize that I am making some pretty dramatic statements that apply to a lot of people, most of whom I like a lot. So it is important that I explain that the writer of this blog bares no resemblance to any librarian you have known or not known. I […]

I can’t believe that my children are begging me to let them write.
Even when they’re out sick, students work on their blogs.
I’ve got 6th graders coming in during their lunch and after school to add articles to their blog and to respond to their classmates’ articles
Why would my students want to write on paper for […]

I just got this through Dave Farber’s Interesting People:
ALAWON: American Library Association Washington Office Newsline
Volume 15, Number 73
July 25, 2006
In This Issue: URGENT ACTION ALERT: Call Representatives TODAY and ask them to oppose DOPA
URGENT Action Needed:
The Washington Office has learned that the House may try to expedite passage of H.R. 5319, the Deleting Online Predators […]

I just got this week’s Technology & Learning News and was saddened to learn that forces against children have dealt a crippling blow to efforts in Texas to equip its children with 21st century information and communication technologies (Textbook funds can’t be used for laptops). Urged by State School Board member, Geraldine “Tincy” Miller, the […]

David at NECC

I learned today that NECC’s Webcasting of sessions is now available (or I finally figured out how to find them). You can see the video of my presentation at:
http://www.kzowebcasting.com/podcasts/necc/6f1-2.m4v
Other webcasted presentations can be found at:
http://www.kzowebcasting.com/necc/sessions.html

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I had a great day, yesterday, in Davidson County’s (North Carolina) administrative retreat. I opened the day with a keynote on the Flattening World and Flat Classrooms. All of the attendees had been required to read The World is Flat, and dutifully had their copies on the tables in front of them. […]

Pew Internet in American Life project just published a new report, Bloggers: A Portrait of the Internet’s New Storytellers. I’ve not read the entire report, but the Summary of Finds are intriguing, and indicative of the increasing practice of participating in our information landscape. My comments are italicized.

54% of bloggers in the U.S. […]

I’m sitting in the airport in Memphis, and thrilled to find six power outlets in this one gate. This is a real rarity, as people want to get a little more word done before they get on the plane, hopping to have a full battery charge. The Laptop institute was a real treat […]