February 8th, 2008
Where It’s At
When I was in graduate school at Teachers College (a few years before the Web), Ernest Rothkopf introduced us to an interesting framework for thinking about the settings where education takes place, in the context of considering when educational technologies should be used -- he divided them up into informal settings like museums or public television stations (the “arcade”); formal educational settings like schools (“contract”); and training programs in the military and businesses (“closed”).
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February 6th, 2008
Getting Global with Kindergarten and First Graders
As the director of early and family literacy at Thirteen, my team works closely with families, childcare providers and early childhood educators. We spend our time working on the magic that happens when television is really used for learning -- and we help families navigate that special journey between discovery and exploration to participation and education. And sometimes, it means bringing what I learn at work directly to a very eager young fan in my own home.
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February 4th, 2008
The 21st Century: What’s a school to do?
Whatever educators try to do, it never seems to be enough. And since schools have so many paymasters -- it was hard enough when it was local, state and federal levels of government, but today the list includes an array of private foundations, corporations, and even individuals -- schools of all sorts are trying to make decisions while getting pulled in myriad directions.
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February 1st, 2008
MySpace vs. Facebook
My 15-year-old daughter Jenny had a Facebook account long before I signed up, and she sneered (well, maybe “sneered” is too strong a word -- scoffed?) at MySpace since a lot of MySpace “friends” are strangers with no real connections other than a few common interests -- still, I signed up for MySpace first, partly because it seemed like a nice way of keeping up with some of my relatives and old friends.
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January 30th, 2008
Garden Spots
Before we gear up for the Teaching & Learning Celebration, my department at Thirteen, the LAB (it stands for “Life After Broadcast”. . .we handle educational and community outreach) is embarking on what we’re calling “World Tour 2008.”
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January 28th, 2008
The Lure of Learning
I\'m not sure the world needs another blogger, but my colleagues here at Thirteen/WNET and WLIW21 have convinced me that the Teaching & Learning Celebration has become so robust and so interesting that there is easily a year\'s worth of conversation and contemplation in all that the conference holds. Also, they\'ve reminded me that the restrictions of geography and tight budgets means that many more people can be part of this conference through this blog than can ever attend the event itself. With that in mind, here we go!
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