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Larry Cuban says: Teaching, then, whether in graduate schools or kindergartens - in elite universities or slum schools - binds all of us together. In teaching we display our views […]

Yesterday I had the pleasure of graduating two Ph.D. students here at Iowa State University. Commencement is always one of my favorite times as a faculty member. Dr. Kim Buryanek […]

Here is Youngme Moon's awesome anti-creativity checklist. How many boxes can you check for your school leaders? Moon is the author of Different: Escaping the Competitive Herd, which is nearing […]

I thought maybe this was the year I didn't blog about Christmas messages from public schools. But, of course, the topic has come up again. 'Tis the season... n Start […]

Remember when I was looking for some interesting opportunities for my fall sabbatical? Well, those didn’t pan out so much (thanks for the offer to teach middle school again, Russ!) […]

In a recent comment, Bill Bradley said: photo © 2007 Jamie Williams | more info (via: Wylio)I used to think that the cost [of student laptops] was ridiculous, until I […]

photo © 2008 Eddie~S | more info (via: Wylio) This morning the New York Times published a phenomenal article on the struggles of parents to keep up with their kids' […]

It's time to vote for the 2010 Edublog Awards, the 'Oscars of the education blogosphere.' All votes are due by noon Eastern, December 14. Winners will be announced soon thereafter. […]

Joe Bower said: n n Because school defines learning as passive, learners come to see education as something done to them. When students are stuck in the middle of a […]

I said this to some foundation folks recently: Any corporation, government agency, worldwide church, school, university, foundation, or other institution that enjoyed the ability to broadcast to the passive masses is going […]

I recently received this e-mail from a principal: Our district has always hired teachers to be in charge of the technology in their respective buildings. Because we are growing rapidly, […]

If we were really serious about educational technology, we would… [here are 10 to get you started] show students how to edit their privacy settings and use groups in Facebook […]

Russ Goerend said in a recent comment at this blog: n n I'm asking for a simple change in mindset and approach: n Ed tech advocate: We should use Skype!nLearning […]

Good news! According to a recent Tech&Learning survey of its readers regarding use of digital technologies in their schools, over 90% of the survey respondents reported that they were either […]

Google CEO Eric Schmidt on American innovation (“that’s an example of fighting the last war”) Alcoa CEO Klaus Kleinfeld on doing more with less (“yes, yes, and yes”)

Here's a clip from a video on the retouching of photos in magazines:  The above clip reminds me of this Dove commercial:  Given the incredible amount of media that our […]

Here’s a short video on Internet safety (hat tip to Kevin Honeycutt). Happy viewing! 

Dangerously Irrelevant has been loading slowly lately because it's so video-heavy. I've temporarily removed some other elements in order to speed up loading of the home page. I also vowed to […]

Dissertations are difficult things. There are multiple reasons why most folks don't have one. Here are some words of wisdom that I've heard from others and now pass along to […]

If you’re like me, you have trouble keeping up with all of the great videos that are out there. I love it when others help me separate the wheat from […]