21st Century Collaborative

One of the current trends or drivers in the shift we are experiencing in education is around the concept of the new economy shifting from products to people and what they know, more specifically human capital. (see: Ten Trends: Educating Children for Tomorrow’s World- Trend 3) Capacity development reclaims the importance of people, rather than [...]

A primary school has been accused of being alarmist for covering up the faces of pupils on its website – apparently to protect them from pedophiles. Bizarrely, the images have been altered with the type of smiley faces popular during the Acid House dance craze of the 1980s. The decision was taken at Cann Hall [...]

Every blog, conversation, Ustream and conference session I engage in I always hear the same questions asked over and over– How do we do this? It seems we know what and we know why- but PLEASE someone help us with the how! Some would argue that the tension and irritation between "why" and "how" is [...]

This looks like a no brainer to me… If I was in a K-12 school- I’d enter. Ford’s partnership with Extreme Makeover: Home Edition eco-friendly school makeover campaign.    As part of the campaign, Ford is sponsoring a nationwide contest that awards one lucky K-12 school with an eco-friendly makeover up to $250,000. More details [...]

I have been told by some that I am visionary. I don’t know if it is vision or an eye toward the future. I have always been so interested in what was to come. I remember as a kid always asking- what’s next? We could be at Disney World and I would want to know [...]

This post may be premature as I have only seen 2/3s of the PLP Independent Schools’ team presentations of their impact journey through PLP and team projects- but I must say, Will and I were more than impressed. It was more on the level of WOW. From extensive summer institutes with a Web 2.0 registration [...]

My daughter Amber has taken on a very cool new hobby that is sure to be a hit this year for the family. It is called Letterboxing. Letterboxing combines hand-carved stamps, treasure hunting and usually a scenic, outdoor place and a hike or walk. Each letterboxer has their own logbook and signature stamp. Each hidden [...]

My son and I finally built my new PC. My killer machine. Processor 2.40 gigahertz Intel Core2 Quad  Q6600 64 kilobyte primary memory cache 4096 kilobyte secondary memory cache Memory 4096 Megabytes Installed Memory Slot ‘DIMM1′ has 2048 MB Slot ‘DIMM3′ has 2048 MB Slot ‘DIMM2′ is Empty Slot ‘DIMM4′ is Empty Drives 934.79 Gigabytes [...]

There is a price to be paid for community driven learning- TIME. There are only so many hours in a day to invest in reading, learning, writing, and all that goes with being part of a community of learners. The benefits far outweigh the cost, so I am not complaining, however, it is beginning to [...]

Do you know Kevin Honeycutt? If you do not, you should. He is wise, talented, sincere, loves kids, and wildly funny. Here is a vidcast we did at the recent NCAETC conference. The most fun I have ever had in an interview.