How-To: A teacher’s guide to PowerPoint

Sunday, February 3rd, 2008 Posted in Instructional Technology | No Comments »

Keep It Simple Don't overcrowd your PowerPoint. Even if you have a Smartboard and you're doing a lesson on proofreading: do not overcrowd it. Less is more. When we teach thematic units ... Read more..

The Ingenuity Age

Saturday, February 2nd, 2008 Posted in Education | 1 Comment »

In a recent posting, I mentioned the "Ingenuity Age." Vicki Davis asked me where this term came from. In truth, it came from an accident. I had planned to write ... Read more..

Meatball Sundae

Saturday, January 26th, 2008 Posted in Education, Marketing | 1 Comment »

I've been reading Seth Godin's latest book, Meatball Sundae. It's a book on marketing -- more specifically "old marketing" versus "new marketing." Godin compares old marketing to meatballs. We need ... Read more..

Unlikely Bedfellows

Thursday, January 24th, 2008 Posted in Education | No Comments »

The world of education has been trying its best to buddy up with sociology and other social sciences lately in an attempt to process data in a meaningful way. That ... Read more..