Guy's Edu Blog

So Enjoyed myself immensely at EdCampOmaha. At the same time my brain could not stop thinking about ways we could make it better. These are ...

I just came back from EdCampOmaha and I am still  processing. EdCamp is an unconference without a program, fees or a hierarchy. You just sh...

Warning: this post was written in a moment of professional frustration and fully reflects the way I feel a good part of the time. So, be f...

This post started out as a post about getting large systems to move forward with EdTech and notions of frontier. The more I thought about ...

I am proud of the team that has gotten us here. First and foremost Dan Hartig who stuck with me, learned with me and keeps thinking about n...

In the last couple of weeks I have observed a few classrooms from Kindergarten to middle school using Minecraft  EDU to support  21st cent...

We still teach computers as if we have this one... My son who is a senior is taking a few computer applications classes right now. He ca...

I wanted to write about so many things this week. It was so hard to decide that it stopped me from actually sitting down and committing to...

A new semester is upon me. A colleague mentioned today that we are lucky to restart twice a year. A new life a new opportunity to make it ...

 Papa Celestin’s band Circa 1927 Let me start with full disclosure. I know fairly little about music. In a sense my musical taste is non...

It is traditional to create top ten lists at the end of the year. So here is my top ten most watched videos on the Tech EDGE channel on yout...

QuizUp is one of these flash in the pan games that takes the mobile world in a storm. In less than two months it amassed over 5 milli...

I use my iPad excessively, or so I'm told. I can't even claim to be a social user. At the same time I divide my technology use betwe...

We just finished with our second professional development with educators in China. This time it was an elementary school that would like to ...

MOOC Wheel from the Chronicle of Higher Education Graphic by XARISSA HOLDAWAY; illustration by NIGEL HAWTIN I have mixed feelings about...

Sometimes I need to remind myself that technology integration does not mean just using a movie or a device as a replacement. It does n...

Last week I participated in the first phase of Reading/ Language Arts standards writing organized by the Nebraska department of education...

I believe we stand at the dawn of a great change in education. Technology is forcing schools to change as it does society at large. The di...

I admit it. I have been waffling. I have been championing iPad use but have actually been using a combination of iPhone iPad and laptop. Two...

Ji Guo is a new graduate student in our program. With his help I have been able to expand our work on professional development in technolo...

My son, now seven, had a wonderful time with the Talking Ginger app last year. The app allows him to talk at Ginger the cat and Ginger repe...

Too many ideas are running through my head this morning I will try however to stay coherent. This week we had a visiting group of teache...