The world is getting smaller each year. With data moving toward Cloud Hosting environments, access to software development provides a great opportunity to teach kids about developing applications. With an Internet Satellite, DSL, or cable connection, students can participate in all sorts of open source development. Oregon State… Continue

As a writer who has been supporting educational transformation for over 12 years and a passionate learner, I was excited to see this site. I have been thinking a great deal about the challenges teachers face in comparison to other professionals, as well as what it would take for the teaching profession to be considered one of our nation's most important creative enterprises and for schools and teachers to be viewed as active players in the knowledge economy—not just as the suppliers but as… Continue

Cross-post with my 'Pair-a-Dimes for your Thoughts' blog.

We are influenced by so many things in our lives. Identifying what has a significant influence on us can be difficult. Here are two things that I believe can be categorized as most influential... and they both happened Monday.

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1. Fifteen year old Kristine wrote a very influential blog post…

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(Cross-posted with my blog)

Below is a Halloween Scavenger Hunt I did on a (private) Ning Network that I created for a class Youth and Philanthropy Initiative (YPI) project I am doing in my two Planning 10 classes.

The scavenger hunt does the following:

1. Introduces students to flickr and…

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This is the next step in the evolution of an idea that I first wrote about in a post on my blog that I also built a wiki space for. I am reposting the original idea below. My questions to you are as follows:



1. Is this Ning space a good venue for a portal like this?









2. What suggestions do you have to make this work?

(Example:… Continue