Sunday, October 27, 2019

Social Media: Tool for Manufacturing Ourselves and 'Truth'

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What is the real issue with social media? Set aside the fact that entities like Facebook are selling our personal data to the highest bidde...
Saturday, October 19, 2019

The Educational Technology Cult Is Alive and Well in the 21st Century

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Does anyone else notice how "cult-like" ed tech leaders and supporters can be? They constantly proclaim salvation by technology fo...

E-Readers, Ebook Apps and the Technologies of Distraction: Why I Read Paper and Not Digital Books

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There was time I downloaded e-books with a madness. There was something exciting perhaps about instantaneously getting access to that new t...

Educational Leaders, Marketing Language, Deception and Integrity: Critical Thinking Instead of Deception

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Since I began blogging a few years back, I've always eschewed all these offers from companies and individuals for "branded content...
Monday, October 7, 2019

Beware of All the Education 'Snake-Oil' Salesmen

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Today, I received another one of those sales-pitch emails from some company using deceptive tactics to promote their products. They made it ...
Friday, August 16, 2019

Why I've Turned Down All These Requests for Paid Posts

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Over the years I have received many requests for 'paid blog posts' asking me to promote this product or that particular program. I c...
Saturday, June 8, 2019

Next Time Some Ed Guru Starts Spouting About Knowledge and Skills Students Need for the Future: Change the Channel!

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"The idea that education is best served by standardizing method, content, goals, and evaluation procedures leads to another consequen...