Saturday, in our annual "Hack Education" unconference at ISTE , I proposed and held a session on "Tech-Ped": technology ...
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"Getting things done is not always what is most important. There is value in allowing others to learn, even if the task is not accomplished as quickly, efficiently, or effectively." - R. D. Clyde
I wish I could find the original of this story about the rancher and his young son. I remember it something like this: A rancher takes his y...
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"The kids in our classroom are infinitely more significant than the subject matter we teach." - Meladee McCarty
One of the most insidious results of mass-education is pervasive self loathing . Ask students who didn't do well in school, and they wi...
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Events + News - Future Ready Online Summit Today - ISTE Unplugged - Unawards - Homeschooling the Teenage Years
June 24th - July 6th, 2015 Two Week Calendar | Learning Revolution Events | Learning Revolution Blog | Partner Spotlight | Daily Educat...
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"We have met the enemy and he is us." - Walt Kelly
When my grandfather was in the last stages of his life, suffering from dementia and unable to care for himself, he developed pneumonia. I to...
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"My child is not defective." - Steve Hargadon
Years ago we had a child struggling in school. Really struggling. I went to watch this child in class, probably in the third grade, and I vi...
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ISTE UNPLUGGED Special Newsletter - Change in Maker Day - Hack Education - Party - Global Ed Day Waiting List - Poetry Slam - More
The annual ISTE.org conference starts at the end of this week in Philadelphia, and for the NINTH year we have a set of grassroots-organize...
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"You cannot build character and courage by taking away man's initiative and independence." - Abraham Lincoln
I have a good friend who told me that she no longer posts what she really believes on social media sites. She's afraid, I think, that it...
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"Life is a succession of lessons, which must be lived to be understood." - Ralph Waldo Emerson
Inherent in Emerson's quote is a sense of time. Life takes time. Lessons are lived over time and our understandings evolve with time , ...
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Future Ready Schools 2015 - Online Event on June 24th
TICAL and the Learning Revolution Project invite you to join us for our annual School Leadership Summit, held online, and this year focuse...
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"The ultimate goal of the educational system is to shift to the individual the burden of pursuing his education. This will not be a widely shared pursuit until we get over our odd conviction that education is what goes on in school buildings and nowhere else." - John W. Gardner
As you might easily guess, I appreciate the sentiment of the first half of this quote, and the idea that all education should ultimately be ...
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"The trouble with the rat race is that even if you win, you're still a rat." - Lily Tomlin
I'm pretty sure this very funny Lily Tomlin quote was referring to the "rat race" of the work world, where "still [being]...
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Events + News - This Month in School Libraries - ISTE Unplugged - Future Ready Virtual Event - Global Ed Day
June 15th - June 29th, 2015 Two Week Calendar | Learning Revolution Events | Learning Revolution Blog | Partner Spotlight | Daily Educa...
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"The best way to have a good idea is to have lots of ideas." - Linus Pauling
There are a lot of practical skills that are not a part of traditional notions of school but that arguably could or should be. Basic financi...
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"When I approach a child, he inspires in me two sentiments; tenderness for what he is, and respect for what he may become." - Louis Pasteur
In posting this quote, I wanted to know if Louis Pasteur was religious. The answer appears to be: sort-of. Catholic by birth, spiritual by t...
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"In some cases we learn more by looking for the answer to a question and not finding it than we do from learning the answer itself." - Lloyd Alexander
Lloyd Alexander wrote a series of fantasy books for youth that I read and loved as a boy. (Until I looked up the Wikipedia link for him I ...
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“There’s really one good question to gauge the outcome of a student’s educational experience. Does the student want to learn more?" - Seymour Sarason
This quote was referenced in a discussion online, but I haven't been able to verify that it's accurately attributed. But it does see...
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"Genius is an exceedingly common human quality, probably natural to most of us." - John Taylor Gatto
John Taylor Gatto is an interesting figure in the history of US education. Ask anyone in the alternative education or homeschooling worlds, ...
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Events + News - Future Ready June 24 - Global Ed Day at ISTE - Library 2.015 Proposals - NMC This Week
June 8th - June 22nd, 2015 Two Week Calendar | Learning Revolution Events | Learning Revolution Blog | Partner Spotlight | Daily Educat...
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