Author Archives: Janice Stearns

Who Among Us is Explicitly Tasked with Helping Children Learn to Teach Themselves? April 2, 2011 – For my library friends, whom I think are the finest facilitators of learning in schools today.

The Seven-Keynote MLS? March 24, 2011

Fantasy. March 20, 2011

Technology and the Whole Child February 26, 2011 – I look at my own work environment, and I know that the focus is not here: The true promise of technology does not lie in being able to reproduce – in … Continue reading →

Let’s Ask the Kids: 2nd Grade Bloggers February 18, 2011

A Break the Ban Debate February 19, 2011 – Great post on looking at technology as something attainable. The author offers the many excuses that are used as barriers to using technology in the classroom and shows how ridiculous and … Continue reading →

New York City comes together to bridge the digital divide with online home learning January 25, 2011 – Sounds like a great start. LAUSD should try to do something like this. I hope it’s successful.

Data. January 9, 2011 – So well said! “The minute we stop looking at the whole child and only data, that’s the minute we stop doing what’s best for children… we devalue the people they are when we summarize a … Continue reading →

Ten Ideas for Educating Innovatively with Phone Casting (aka Podcasting made easy) December 5, 2010 – This post has a lot of great ideas not only for using phone casting in the classroom, but ideas for podcasting, in general, in … Continue reading →

Delivering Educational Content to "that Second Screen" November 29, 2010 – Good points. I love the infographic on this post! It tells the story of how texting is becoming the way to communicate in a few choice pictures. Delivering Educational … Continue reading →