As educators, we pit ourselves every day against the most savage of enemies: ignorance, anti-intellectualism, apathy, prejudice, meanness. We can no more unplug in our struggle against these foes than our forebears should have thrown away their slates and books because a few students scribbled profanities or a few authors wrote hate and lies. Read Full Post >
Google Glass is a potential game changer to the myriad ways that human beings interact with the world. By nature, this means we must shift our education strategies to match the world inhabited by smartglasses. Read Full Post >
Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore depicts our ambiguity with regard to the rapid pace of technological progress. It's also a fable about battling narrow thinking with quick wits and friendship. Read Full Post >
Moss Pike was raised in Las Vegas, studied Physics at Cornell University, and after a summer class in the classics found himself working on an M.A. in Classics at UCLA. He teaches Latin at the Harvard-Westlake School (HW), is the Middle School Dean of Faculty, and a regional leader in Greek and Latin linguistics and pedagogy. Read Full Post >
Company's Office software will be available for free in the cloud to schools, raising its classroom competition with Google. Read Full Post >
Education consultant David Warlick suggests drawing a line between digital natives and immigrants is fine if you use the distinction for good. Read Full Post >
Along with polishing up essays, students applying for college might be smart to spend time reviewing their online presence and revising their social-media profiles. Admissions counselors are checking out applicants' Facebook pages. The latest survey by Kaplan Test Prep shows 24 percent say they hav... Read Full Post >
If there is a line to draw to prevent salesmanship masquerading as corporate engagement, which I believe, and Google's foray into Virginia schools doesn't cross it, where should it be? (Or, does it matter, if everyone truly benefits?) Read Full Post >
