Archive for August, 2008

Essential Exit Skills for Students »

I read a post this morning on Doug Johnson’s blog that reminded me of posts that I had made earlier in the year, such as this one, about the skills needed by students when they leave schools in the current century. The post, entitled Your list of essential skills? came up with two lists of 10 [...]

A Compelling Reason for the Necessity of Educating About the Internet »

I just finished reading a New York Times Magazine article preview posted on the Oz Teachers mailing list.
It was quite disturbing in its account of the depths that some people can sink to and how the anonymity of the internet can allow them to do some unthinkable things. It makes for a shocking read but, [...]