Why it is so hard to measure the value proposition of personalized learning through more technology.

New schools combine bricks and clicks. (haha) This is the model NYC is looking to move to over the next several years. iZone initiatives heading this way.

Why we don't need to worry all that much about Watson stealing our jobs. Stanley Fish does a very nice exposition of the limits of "artificial intelligence.

What is the ideal technology device for students and teachers. Natives and immigrants speak.

US schools provide insufficient capacity to support teachers tech needs.

Time for the postmortem, from the right wing no less.

Innovation means changing the goal not just the execution. Where are we seeing radically different approaches?

Very well thought out guide to parent engagement and building the school-home connection. Recommend to all CL consultants taht you distribute this to your parent coordinators and principals.

Nice list of free web 2.0 tools designed for educators. Useful for connecting school to home and involving parents.

What if perpetual innovation is the new normal?

A slightly different take on the Harlem Children's Zone. Maybe most notable is the conflation of test data with general progress. "We don't care how the children live, as long as they are scoring well."

Atlanta Journal Constitution article on attending to student strengths, featuring words of wisdom from Jenifer Fox, my wife.

Is it even possible to minimize one's digital footprint anymore? The new whackamole.

Teacher collaboration is on the decline. We are cutting against the grain as we try to work with 6th grade teams on the Connected Learning project. What does sustained "sticky" PD look like? How do we truly build capacity?

Balancing the what with the how of teaching. Meditation on the messiness of improving instruction teacher by teacher.

Nice tech blended learning example for 5th grade. Envision a home extension.

Here is Wes Fryer's outline for Technology 4 Teachers, part of his "Powerful Ingredients for Blended Learning." Lots of great resources here which we can share with teachers.

As we go into CL schools, here's a great toolkit to help our work with 6th grade teams. Gotta love Wes Fryer. Check it out.

The Consortium for School Networking is where district tech leaders turn for info. Lots of good resources.

See the current resources box down the page.

Re-examine our notions about what constitutes good study habits.

This is a meaningful article for how we think about learning environments in the home.

All RTT winners had some provision in their applications for online learning. Will it be smartly done and integrated into classroom instruction or just money thrown at a perceived but unexplored opportunity? Which states have a chance of doing it right?