I was interviewing a group of middle school students last week about their use of technology at school. An eighth-grade girl was excited to talk about the Facebook groups they were using for class. She said that her classmates answer … Read more »

Last week, I shared a stage in Mexico City with Pedro Ferriz de Con, a popular Mexican radio and TV news anchor. I was there to talk about Personal Learning Networks, and, in his own way, he was too…and a … Read more »

The advent of Google+ got me thinking about my networks. They’re terrific sources of learning and great avenues for sharing, but how can I tell if I am maximizing their potential? According to the research, one measure might be diversity. … Read more »

Yesterday, at the MIT Media Lab, I heard Reid Hoffman, founder of LinkedIn, say two things that should make every learner lean forward in their chair and listen. The first is that social collaboration is a core skill that every … Read more »

When we want people to change, sometimes we resemble novice travelers in foreign lands. We speak slowly in our own language (“emerging technologies, cloud computing, student 1:1, blah, blah, blah…”), and we look for their reaction. At first, the method … Read more »