e-texts coming?

Sure there are a variety of services out there that are offering e-textbook services. But so far the penetration of e-books is a little reminiscent of the VHS vs BETA days. Nobody has really come to the plate with an easy, affordable, audience catching model. So what is the e-textbook thing all about? Here is the primer. [...]

The Problem With Education… people@All

I am preparing for another week of classes and giving more thought to how I will teach than what I will teach. After a week and change of the current semester it is clear to me that the teaching exercise is a pretty easy mix of show and tell. Think about the best part of [...]

Education re-boot UK!

The UK government has taken the bold step of telling the education establishment that it is no longer viable to test the energy, creativity and innovation out of education.  But what are two generations of teachers going to do now? I am worried that they, the teachers have been caught in the teach to test [...]

invite others to your table.

10 October 2008 Train, share values, share information, and invite “outsiders” to participate in everything. –Tom Peters I like Tom Peters. If you have not looked at his blog/website you are missing out on a huge source of inspiration and useful leads. I have been using Re-Imagine as a course text for my intro to [...]