Being Comfortable Being a Beginner
I was excited and then frustrated today. Yesterday I read about the changes Google was making to Gmail. Changes that when I read said…
Tag: change
Some times you need to throw out the container with the leftovers
It’s been said many times: If you give every student a laptop but do not fundementally change the way you teach than the power…
Why do I get a computer?
Over the past couple of days I’ve had one simple question that I can’t get out of my head. Why do we believe that…
Amazon Kindle backs Textbook Publishers into a corner
If you haven’t heard, Amazon has announced the Kindle DX. A 9.7 inch Wireless reading device with a larger screen made for reading…
How long does change take?
Napster was started in June 1999 and for many marked the beginning of an era of free digital music. For the next 10 years…
Systematic Change Part 2: Unlearning your community
(As you can tell from Kim’s recent post. Systematic change at all levels is on our mind at ISB) How much time to we…
Systematic Change: Part 1
(What follows is the thinking of many people that I have the pleasure to work with every day. It is my hope that I…
Change is hard
This morning before leaving for work I was enjoying a cup of coffee with The Thinking Chick (the new nickname for my wife by…
Putting the I in change
To often I hear educators make remarks about change. Either about that it’s too much, too fast, too often, or the more famous one,…
Gapingvoid's Three C's Remixed
I’m going to remix some ideas from Gapingvoid. I do encourage you to read the entire post with an eye on education. It seems…