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On the other hand, I work with teachers now that are often running scared – very scared at times. They are blocked from using much technology, teachers that use drill and skills based software are praised, those that ask about doing anything online are scoffed at … they have to go out of their way and jump through 5 hoops all the time knowing that if things aren’t 100% smooth they will be questioned about safety, educational value, whether they have their students best interest and safety in mind and on and on. They are told (in error) that they will lose the district their e-Rate funding by having student work online or even have students working online … COPA laws will be broken, … in some schools and districts its not about making teachers integrate technology, its making administration, politicians and others see it as having value and creating an environment where it is at least OK and at best encouraged and supported. I never thought I would write such a comment, but believe me it is very ugly in places … I support 6 school districts, about 100,000 students and 8-10,000 teachers … some districts and some schools are very open and supportive of tech integration, others are extremely scared of all the things that they’ve heard of, more so than I would have thought. Good news is we are starting to make real progress … much too slowly, but progress. Yes, tech integration should not be an option, but there are still many places where it is not an option really. That’s the thinking we still need to overcome.

“It says: ‘This person is not a drone. They can use this skill set and apply themselves in other parts of the job.’ ”

everyone is creative, and can learn to be more so.

clarifying, ideating, developing and implementing

It’s multitasking while learning that has the biggest potential downside

80 percent of college students admit to texting during class; 15 percent say they send 11 or more texts in a single class period.

Texting, emailing, and posting on Facebook and other social media sites are by far the most common digital activities students undertake while learnin

Regarding classwork, text-speak was considered moderately appropriate for use in lecture notes, but strictly off limits for assignments or exams.

Above all, it's time for all of us, whichever side of the debate we fall, to admit that "screen-time" or "screen-based media" is a throwaway term, unless some specific context is provided.

3. Multitasking Is CrucialMultitasking is crucial, and being able to juggle multiple balls without letting many drop is critical to being considered indispensable. Make sure to follow up as promised.

5. Growing Your Network

The people who concentrate wealth don't do things just out of the goodness of their hearts for the most part, but in order to maintain their position of dominance and then extend their power.

One can at least be suspicious that skyrocketing student debt is a device of indoctrination. It's very hard to imagine that there's any economic reason for it. Other countries' education is free, like Mexico's, and that is a poor country.

There are a lot of factors. And one of them, probably, is just that students are trapped.

Technology celebrates connectedness, but encourages retreat.

The phone didn’t make me avoid the human connection, but it did make ignoring her easier in that moment, and more likely, by comfortably encouraging me to forget my choice to do so.

The more distracted we become, and the more emphasis we place on speed at the expense of depth, the less likely and able we are to care.