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I said, “Learning is Fun!”

September 26th, 2007 · 10 Comments

If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!I have read some excellent posts tonight about edtech. David Warlick wrote a rant expressing his frustration that teachers don’t want to learn technology. I don’t know what his background is, but he doesn’t sound like a teacher. […]

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Tags: EdTech · MySpace · Web 2.o · Media Literacy · School Journal

Things Other People Should Do

September 25th, 2007 · No Comments

UPDATE: Technorati should make a way where users can find out the average authority level that a particular blog links out to. Could be useful on both sides of the blog.
 
Eminem should use his MySpace page for a real blog. MySpace is for making connections with people, not selling CDs. Assuming this is Eminem’s […]

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Tags: Commercialism · MySpace · The Way Things Should Be · Eminem

The Nuclear Firewall

September 20th, 2007 · 2 Comments

In its single-minded focus on its quest for excellence in all things fascist, the district I work for has overlooked the most salient feature of modern American life: connectivity.
These millennium generation kids have never known the pre-hive days when we had to wait to make a phone call or hear from someone until we got […]

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Tags: MySpace · Web 2.o · Pointing Out the Obvious · School Journal

Cluetrain for Parents: The real threat to children on the Web

September 16th, 2007 · No Comments

You must make an online play space for your children. Immediately.
Just reading the Cluetrain Manifesto. I know I’m very late in reading this, compared to many of the web old timers. I apologize if someone has already said this. Here’s my off-the-cuff children’s web cluetrain 19 theses:
1. Traditional media have focused of late on […]

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Tags: Internet Safety · Commercialism · MySpace · Web 2.o · Media Literacy · Pop Culture