Education

This thing called depth

polymeme — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 09:42:01 -0500

ELEARNSPACE :End of the year/start of the new year reflections always seem to centre on meaning and depth. We desire to eliminate meaningless and shallow pursuits in favor of more substantial ones... READ MORE

Schools Unleash ‘Eco-Kids’ to Badger Their Parents

polymeme — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 17:58:53 -0500

PAJAMAS MEDIA :Educators sometimes give the impression that they are in the business of protecting their pupils from the negative influence of their parents. Schools are sometimes devoted to the project of correcting the “outdated values” that parents have taught their children... READ MORE

Disappearing Jobs

polymeme — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 08:58:53 -0500

INSIDE HIGHER ED :For a few months now, reports on this year’s job hunts in English and foreign languages have been depressing, as departments and candidates have seen searches called off... READ MORE

What is literacy, and what should the 21st century school be like?

polymeme — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 18:59:54 -0500

TECHLEARNING BLOG :Two important new reports, and associated consultations, are now available. These are the eagerly-anticipated interim report from the Rose review of the primary curriculum in England and Wales... READ MORE

Beware School 'Reformers'

polymeme — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 14:23:27 -0500

THE NATION :Progressives are in short supply on the president-elect's list of cabinet nominees. When he turns his attention to the Education Department... READ MORE

Library Releases Report on Flickr Pilot

polymeme — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 13:23:27 -0500

LIBRARY OF CONGRESS BLOG :In January, the Library embarked on something that took the online community by storm. In conjunction with Flickr, we loaded a few thousand images from the Library of Congress’ vast collections and asked the user community to get involved... READ MORE

The Poverty of Social Networks and the Death of Web 2.0

polymeme — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 15:48:31 -0500

THE HUFFINGTON POST :It is safe now to say that "Web 2.0" is dead. The evidence is irrefutable and it exposes the twin fallacies the concept of Web 2.0 has depended upon: 1) that people can build their worlds around - indeed... READ MORE

Education Wars

polymeme — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 14:48:31 -0500

THE NEW REPUBLIC :In November, Barack Obama bewildered education reformers by tapping Linda Darling-Hammond, a Stanford professor who had advised his campaign, to oversee the transition's education policy team... READ MORE

Most Likely to Succeed

polymeme — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 11:41:55 -0500

NEW YORKER : On the day of the big football game between the University of Missouri Tigers and the Cowboys of Oklahoma State, a football scout named Dan Shonka sat in his hotel, in Columbia, Missouri... READ MORE

So What is the Future of Schools?

polymeme — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 06:30:23 -0500

WEBLOGG-ED.COM :So I’m home from Seattle today with some mixed feelings about Microsoft’s School of the Future Summit, which was really excellent in some respects but left me wanting in others... READ MORE