10 Things Parents Should Think About When It Comes to Kids and Technology –...
Develop your own personal philosophy on when your child should use your iPad or phone before they ask – like when they are born! Don’t wait until he or she is 2 and beg to play Angry Birds. As your...
View ArticleEdtech gone bad: how today’s blended, personalized learning is getting it all...
The latest craze in educational technology consists of digital learning platforms that promise to provide a personalized experience to match the abilities of each student. Students generally spend part...
View ArticleIt ain’t just kid stuff anymore: personalized learning and teacher pd
Driven by the wide availability of robust learning management systems (LMS) and access to low cost wireless-enabled mobile devices, digital personalized learning for students is all the craze....
View ArticleTranscending the march of technological change with timeless skills
Employers complain that graduates arrive without essential skills yet our students are stressed out with the current workload. Our schools are tasked with more than simple job preparation; our primary...
View ArticleA seat at the table: how one Massachusetts city is overcoming childhood hunger
50 years of US government action against poverty, which began with Lyndon Johnson’s War on Poverty, has resulted in modest reductions in overall poverty levels. However, childhood poverty remains...
View ArticleWill K-12 schools lead the way for political discourse on social media?
Over the past several years, social media has become a disruptive force in the American political process. Yes, it promotes discussion, facilitates productive communication, and enables small groups of...
View Article2018: The year of VR in the classroom
Over the past several years, virtual reality (VR) technology has gone mainstream with the use of lower cost headsets that fill the visual field with an immersive environment. Devices such as Google...
View ArticleCity Council Newsletter for March 2018
City Council Newsletter March, 2018 Welcome to my City Council newsletter for March! Click here to subscribe. I am very lucky to have power back at my house though I am very concerned that Eversource...
View ArticleFighting Climate Change with a Schoolyard Habitat
Guest post by Carla Shanahan, 6th Grade Science Teacher at Robert Adams Middle School in Holliston, MA Follow Carla on Twitter at https://twitter.com/ShanahanCarla Teaching Climate Change is critical...
View ArticleCity Council Newsletter for April 2018
City Council Newsletter April, 2018 Welcome to my City Council newsletter for April! Click here to subscribe. I am writing this from the warm city of San Antonio. My wife, Kerry, is presenting at a...
View ArticleSTEAM for Social Justice
by Adam Steiner As human society meanders toward a blurring of human and digital, intelligence and artificial intelligence, and virtual and authentic, our schools need to resist the urge to “go robot”...
View ArticleCity Council Newsletter for February
City Council Newsletter February, 2018 Welcome to my first monthly City Council newsletter! Please feel free to share with anyone else who might be interested in subscribing. Go here for a link to a...
View ArticleCity Council Newsletter for May
City Council Newsletter May, 2018 Welcome to my City Council newsletter for May! It has been a busy month and I can’t believe we are in the home stretch of the school year. It is amazing to think that...
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City Council Newsletter for Summer 2018
If you would like to subscribe to receive my newsletters via e-mail, please click here. City Council Newsletter Summer, 2018 Please note office hours with Councilor George King tomorrow (Tuesday) at 10...
View ArticleInvestment in teacher salaries is just that – an investment.
Time Magazine’s recent articles, “‘I Work 3 Jobs And Donate Blood Plasma to Pay the Bills.’ This Is What It’s Like to Be a Teacher in America.“ and “13 Stories of Life on a Teacher’s Salary” highlight...
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City Council Newsletter for September and October 2018
If you would like to subscribe to receive my newsletters via e-mail, please click here. Welcome to my City Council newsletter for September and October! We have had a couple of busy months on the...
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Technology and Global Competency
In our current political climate with its intolerance, fear mongering, and misinformation, educational technology that is worth its salt must be steeped in social justice. #edtech is not valuable if it...
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City Council Newsletter for December 2018
Thanks for subscribing to my newsletter! Please feel free to share it with friends via e-mail and encourage them to subscribe here: Subscribe Now This past Tuesday was the historic Fuller vote and I...
View ArticleCity Council Newsletter for Winter, 2019
Thanks for subscribing to my newsletter! Please feel free to share it with friends via e-mail and encourage them to subscribe here: Subscribe Now ** Please note office hours this coming Monday, March...
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City Council Newsletter for Spring 2019
Thanks for subscribing to my newsletter! Please feel free to share it with friends via e-mail and encourage them to subscribe here: Subscribe Now ** Please note office hour this coming Sunday, June 23...
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