I have some thoughts on the professional development activity that Heartland consultants did yesterday. As I mentioned, I feel that when a...

We had an excellent professional development opportunity today at Heartland, stemming around research conducted by Vicki Snider, a professor...

If you didn't read this article in yesterday's Register, take a moment to do so. It forecasts a major shift in Iowa's educatio...

I've had this conversation enough that it is time I posted it. For many educators, the Iowa Core Curriculum comes across as more confus...

As I mentioned before, Google is partnering with the DE and AEAs to provide Google Sketchup to Iowa schools. For teachers interested in usin...

Some more thoughts from Will : On the Youtube video below: "We have now the tools where students can go, access the broadest of network...

I'm still percolating thoughts from yesterday's session . Here are my biggest three. 1. DISTRICT RE-CALIBRATION We have a lot of en...