365 Questions that Google Can't Answer:
This ongoing book is one in which I am trying to answer all of the questions in my life that I can’t find just by googling them. It is an autobiographical look at education, technology, family life, and storytelling. Each day of 2010 represents one more challenge for self-reflection and better practice. The hope is that by the end of this journey, I will have learned all of the right lessons that asking really good questions will allow. It is also the hope that all comments made on these posts throughout the year will be used as discussion points within the book, thus providing a built-in community for asking more questions.
The 6 Strings of Authentic Learning
Such strings are abundant in education. They are the singular solutions to complex problems that are so easy to hear. They appear original and hopeful because we want learning to be the natural product of stretching out our fingers towards one foundational standard. And yet, learning is complex, and reaching for it should not result in the atonal nightmare of plucking at the first things that our fingers run across. It is only through carefully planned finger placement and calculated strumming that Authentic Learning can be achieved.
25 (Killer) iPad Apps for Creation
That is my list of why the iPad matters right now. The ones I mention are reason enough to buy and use an iPad and never look back. The iPad is not just a device for mass consumption. It is a device like any other, completely dependent upon what you actually want to do with it. I want to create with it, so that is what I do. While not all of the apps here speak specifically to this need to create, they all inspire me to create more and better. Call me a fan boy if you must, but I believe in creating with whatever is available and it just so happens that I have an iPad.
