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I originally explored this topic in a blog post I wrote back in 2015 on the challenges facing small school districts. While the tech has changed, the core principles of an effective strategy are more relevant than ever. You can read the original post here: LINK I remember my first job in education—as the first…
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Back in 2017, I attended the EdSurge Fusion Conference where the focus was Personalized Learning. Even then, presenters admitted we didn’t have a common definition for what that meant, but the future was certain: technology would finally disrupt education in a way no overhead projector, interactive whiteboard, or 1:1 device ever could. Clearly optimism abounds…
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What Education Forgot from the Internet age and What It Can’t Miss Again The rise of AI in education is today’s hottest headline. From adaptive platforms to AI tutors and generative content tools, it feels like another “revolution” in learning is upon us. But before we throw ourselves into the next big thing, it’s worth…
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There was a time when my days revolved around system uptime, network cables, and servers. I architected networks, managed systems, and made sure email never went down. Life was simple. Then I became a classroom teacher, and suddenly, nothing was simple anymore. I started looking to places like Minarets High School that were pushing the boundaries of…
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What follows is from a draft I wrote coming out of the Pandemic and never published, because frankly I stopped blogging and podcasting during COVID and couldn’t find the headspace to come back to it. Recently, I’ve been playing around with AI tools using my old content, and I was struct by how much has…
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After a few decades in education and technology leadership, I’ve lived through more “transformations” than I can count: Smartboards, the Internet, netbooks, 1:1 rollouts, LMS revolutions, Google Apps migrations, remote learning, and now AI. Each wave has taught me something new—and often, reminded me of something we forgot along the way. These are my top…
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I’ve got this archive of content from two podcasts from long ago, before podcasting was cool and mainstream, where I’m talking with smart and interesting people about the future of education, edtech and teaching and learning in the “digital” age. In revisiting a few episodes, it ridiculous how optimistic I was that by now we…
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Life near(ish) to a Space Force Base!
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