Form Following Function

Does the school of tomorrow really need classrooms? Listen as I try to turn the discussion toward the physical plant. What does the school of tomorrow actually look like?

Some links:

• b2evolution
• Mambo
• CoSN overview at eSchoolNews (requires registration)
• a direct link to the 'cast
  

Beyond 6.5 Hours ...

What's on my desk--err, passenger seat? Why, it's the Kasier Family Foundation's Generation M report! Listen as I probe beyond the "6.5 hours of media" that everyone's talking about.

• the report (check out the webcast on that page, as well)
• the executive summary
• J. Allard's keynote at the GDC: text and mp3 (from Majornelson.com)
• a direct link to the podcast

Blogging Our Way to Better Teaching

Adminsitrative need--in this case, the more efficient mentoring of new teachers and the need to document professional development--may provide inroads for new technologies to make their way into wary districts and, ultimately, to the students. Listen to my thoughts-out-loud on this. And a special treat ... since you can't interrupt me, I do it for you!

Here's a direct link to the podcast. Enjoy!

Generation M

I was listening to J. Allard's keynote speech at the GDC. Video game developers have our students in their sights, of course, and are far ahead of us in recognizing the world that these kids are inheriting. Whether you play video games or not, this is a must-listen--if only for the cultural capital. Click here to get it from MajorNelson. He's offering a transcript here.

This, on top of a recent Kaiser Family Foundation report entitled Generation M--our students spend an average of 6.5 hours each day with media.

I smell a podcast coming on ...

Rose-colored glasses?

Are we ignoring something very important? In teaching information literacy and the ethical and responsible use of information, are we expecting our students to graduate into a world in which everyone is ethical and responsible? Should the tools to guard against identity theft, fraud and the other dangers of the Conceptual Age be written into information literacy standards?

Here's a direct link to this short podcast.

Taking Ownership

Several blog entries from the past week come together into this podcast, which calls for the use of free and open source software as a means of taking ownership over the future of our profession. I also recommend the following specific packages:

• PHPSurveyor
• Mambo CMS
• NASA World Wind

I also talk about SanDisk's BookLocker technology.

Here's a direct link to the podcast.