The World is Still Flat

I just finished watching a 2005 video of Thomas Friedman lecturing at MIT. He provides a nice summary of his thesis in The World is Flat and explains the “flatteners” that are re-shaping our society and all societies. This was a “refresher course” for me, having read the book about two years ago. It’s especially [...]

Mac vs. PC: Will it ever end?

A couple of weeks ago, I spent a lunch hour listening to two elementary teachers discussing a number of issues surrounding technology in the district. We spent a lot of time discussing Macs and PC’s. Our PC-only district shares a teacher center with an adjacent district with a large installed base of Macs and the [...]

Covering Your Tracks in Cyberspace? Or Spying on Your Children?

“The things you put on mySpace can come back to haunt you later in life when you are applying to college or looking for a job.” Many a school administrator, parent, teacher, and/or internet safety expert has uttered these words to groups of kids who generally receive the warning with varying levels of disinterest, fear, [...]