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Entries from May 4, 2007

How can schools possibly innovate?

May 4, 2007 · 3 Comments · Innovation, Laptops

I’m distressed.  I just finished reading this article in the New York Times, which is on the front page of today’s print edition–“Seeing No Progress, Some Schools Drop Laptops.” I’m trying to imagine a similar headline:  “Seeing no use for them, Google drops laptops”….or “Seeing no purpose for them, NyTimes drops laptops.” When are we [...]

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The power of play

May 2, 2007 · 2 Comments · Play

   I’m reaching the point in the school year where I’ve been driving hard and am getting pretty worn out, as I’m sure a lot of people are, even though I love what I’m doing. So I was really interested to run across this post at Fischbowl regarding the role of play in education.   Karl [...]

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iGoogle, we all Google

May 1, 2007 · 1 Comment · Web 2.0

Wow.   iGoogle.   Karl Fisch hasn’t been far wrong…Check out his 2020 Vision. Update:  More from the Google blog itself.

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