Posted By:  darrendraper Posted On:  Apr 29, 2008	Shift *Is* Happening - But Are We Shifting?
Universal McCann has released a new report (Wave 3) describing what Richard MacManus (ReadWriteWeb) has termed "the impact of social media (such as blogs, social networks, online video) on the media landscape." I prefer to call it the "umpteenth reason why educators need to Pay Attention...... [view]

Posted By:  darrendraper Posted On:  Jan 31, 2008	The Unrelenting Third
I need your advice. Really. Scenario 1 Yesterday, I and a few members of my team confronted the challenge of leading all of the curriculum specialists in the Jordan School District in a discussion centered on learning how to (1) better integrate Google Docs into a number of educational...... [view]

Posted By:  darrendraper Posted On:  Oct 9, 2007	Our Fearless Leaders - Technologically Incompetent?
Nothing brings President Bush’s references to “the Google” (and his apparent lack of technology literacy) closer to home than my recent experiences at the NFUSSD conference in Charleston, West Virginia. Yesterday, I had the privilege of presenting (thrice) with Margo Shirley and...... [view]

Posted By:  darrendraper Posted On:  Sep 24, 2007	The Flaw In NECC Presentation Proposal Submission
In preparing submissions for the 2008 National Educational Computing Conference , I'm keenly aware of one great flaw inherent in the submission process: NECC 2008 submissions are due nine months before the conference! In any other field, this nine-month gap may not be detrimental. In...... [view]

Posted By:  darrendraper Posted On:  Aug 8, 2007	No Teacher Left Behind
Interesting conversations are still taking place about Pay Attention . Four months later, I would have thought that we'd exhausted the topic (I'm certainly getting tired of the same questions), but it has occurred to me that there are many educators still that are extremely interested in...... [view]