Guy's Edu Blog

Summer, we are at the pool, relaxing. My son Asaf (19) looks around the pool eyeing many of adults on their smartphones. Not only adults b...

I have been thinking this summer about the work we do together with teachers, wondering what metaphor we can adequately use to describe it...

"No, you can't do that. The IEP says that they must be tested in small groups with a teacher." The teacher who said that loo...

I have been working with secondary teachers this week. As we were discussing technology integration, some explained that they just came fr...

Reddit is in the news again. I was introduced to reddit by Erez, my son, a few years back. I am not a frequent user, BUT I am extremely i...

In May, I celebrated seven years of blogging. Blogging is probably the most serious writing commitment I have ever had. This is a great opp...

ISTE is now over, the keynotes done. The trumpets have quieted down. I have to be honest, I lately leave conferences with a sense of hunge...

Despite my best efforts, Steve Jobs' ghost does not actually come and visit me. I never met Steve Jobs nor do I know what he would thi...

Matt asked me this week what I thought about the Hour of Code . I answered honestly that I simply do not think it is enough. He continued ...

About two months ago I ordered a Chromebook. It was mostly because many schools around the nation are making this choice including the dis...

This post is an ode to summer teaching. As I do most summers I have a full summer load. Many of the people passing me in the corridors are o...

It's been six months since we came back from China. I have blogged about it right after we came back, but I thought it would be good t...

I just finished a week with a fantastic group of educators. Laurie Friedrich, Alison Preston and I ran our fourth iPads in the Classroom w...

I am working with teachers this week on technology integration. I am seeing a real determination to find productive ways to integrate tech...

Jeff Bernadt presented today and included a segment on creativity. Creativity is not just a message for us as teachers, it is also for our...

Last week five graduate students and I traveled to Beatrice, NE to participate in the ESU5 Tech Fair .  It was a very successful day and w...

I think that most early childhood experts in the last few years have been both amazed and annoyed at the "discovery" of the impo...

Amateur is a word used often as a derogatory term. The professional mutters "amateur!" I would like to suggest that schools need...

We have recently finished a parent survey in rural Nebraska about digital technology use. A few things became clear (though not really sur...

The news from LAUSD (see here ) who is suing Apple and Pearson has made the news and is probably hurting the chances of a large district b...

By Real Change [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons After two negative posts I vowed to write a positive one. This week it's eas...

At NETA  I met many great teachers all interested in finding new ways to integrate technology into their instruction. It was great seeing so...

I see this in many districts I work with. As new devices are brought in, someone has the "talk". Do not break them, if you take ...

This week I met with a colleague from our school district. We had a lovely working lunch/coffee sharing ideas and current projects. I descri...

The standrd movement and the Common Core that emerged from it have been with us for so long that we only ask what standards and not whether ...

A few weeks back I had a chance to hear Dr. Twila Liggett discuss her work in the development of Reading Rainbow . In a wonderful w...

I was traveling with my kids this weekend across two states and the majestic views of the plains and the west. If measured correctly at the ...