So I had the opportunity to purchase a ChromeBook ahead of time. No, I’m not in the cool kids’ club. I just happened to be one of the Google App Admins who added my name to the Chrome Team’s mailing list. But let’s talk about the machine… I got the Samsung Series 5. In a […]
One month after the 1885 publication of Mark Twain’s Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, the Concord Public Library, home of Emerson, Thoreau, Hawthorne, and the Alcotts, voted to remove Twain’s book from the library for fear that Huck, “rough, coarse, and inelegant,” would be an immoral influence on young readers. Louisa May Alcott, sharp in her criticism, […]
is the Director of Technology at The Sage School, an independent K-8 school in Foxboro, MA. The purpose of this blog is to discuss technology and its broadening role within education, examine some cool (albeit geeky) tools, and engage in the fine art of provoking thought. You’re welcome to leave a comment and, hopefully, you’ll […]
From Ms. Hogan (music): Looking for something to do this weekend? Boston.com featured an article about an Irish music festival this Saturday at Indian Hill Music School in Littleton. It’s kind of a drive from Sage, but knowing the population we have of fiddlers and step dancers, I thought it was worth a share. The excerpt […]
Have you noticed that today’s kids view making calls as one of the least useful tools on their smart phones. Texts, emails, games, music, and apps all seem to be much more important than talking to another person. We have all seen two friends walking silently together while they text or email people who aren’t […]
Have you noticed that today’s kids view making calls as one of the least useful tools on their smart phones. Texts, emails, games, music, and apps all seem to be much more important than talking to another person. We have all seen two friends walking silently together while they text or email people who aren’t […]
