June
07
2019
Technology Is An Accelerant
Tom shares some thoughts from a recent keynote in Kansas on the effective use of edtech for this #LeadershipMinute.
January
12
2019
Stop Celebrating Low-Level Learning
In the spring of 2002, I was teaching 4th grade in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. As a teacher in my second year, my classroom had a 1:1 student-to-device ratio. That’s right, in 2002, 17 years ago, we were 1:1. Palm Pilots. Yes, Palm Pilots. Remember those things? “I’d love to see th...
September
19
2017
Learning Transformed: A Free Webinar! #LT8keys
Good Afternoon, Friends! This Thursday, September 21st, from 3:00-3:45 pm EST, my co-author, Eric Sheninger and I will join former Governor and Alliance for Excellent Education President, Bob Wise, for a free webinar on our new book: Learning Transformed: 8 Keys to Designing Tomorrow’s Schools, Toda...
September
10
2017
Changing the Way We Think About Technology in the Classroom #EdWriteNow
This past July, after four straight weeks of travel, I’ll admit, I was tired. A few months earlier, I had been asked to join a team of ten authors on a project to benefit an amazing cause, The Will to Live Foundation; an organization founded to support teen suicide prevention. I signed on to t...
March
21
2017
Just Announced: FREE Future Ready Schools Institutes
As many readers of my blog know, I serve as the Director of Innovation for Future Ready Schools®, a project of the Alliance for Excellent Education, located in Washington, D.C. So, today, I’m excited to share that we have officially released our 2017 Regional Institute dates and locations! Wha...
June
08
2015
ALMA Solves Problems You Didn’t Know You Had (Like Smartphones and Tablets Did)
You may have seen my friend, Eric Sheninger’s recent post, “Finally, an SIS Worth Switching For“. Eric and I are both on Alma’s Advisory Board and like him, I’m excited about this platform. As an SIS, it’s the best-in-class. Schedule a demo and you’ll see ho...
May
30
2015
6 Benefits of an Android Tablet
A recent article in Fortune entitled, “Ultra cheap Chromebooks are killing it this year”, highlights the explosive growth of mobile devices in schools, and specifically relays how 72% of Chromebooks sales were to schools. In the overall market, in 2014, Chromebooks outpaced Apple’s iPad in school re...
