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The biggest problem with our educational system is that it's big business. And the education-technology revolution, while claiming to be the answer to our outdated system, only fuels the money machine, providing zero incentive to make changes that will truly help our children.

Powerless is a myth. Something as simple as a raised eyebrow has the power to influence.

Life is simpler without others in it. But, everything that matters includes people.

The Challenge: Connect, Curate and Contribute! I’m very excited to take part in Leadership Day 2014! I feel it is important to consider all types of educational leaders, from classroom to campus level, from campus level to district level, and everyone in between. Our number one goal as educators should always be our students, and finding ways to support, engage, improve and transform the learning experience. Below are three challenges I have have for educational leaders.

Blood sucking vampires lurk in the shadows of your organization. If you don't stop them, they'll drain you.

Through the SAMR (Substitution, Augmentation, Modification, and Redefinition) model of technology, administrators can bypass the distractions and interruptions that often interfere with classroom evaluations.

We help educators around the world use technology to solve tough problems.

If you're not pretty or smart don't worry. Intelligence doesn't determine success.

Evernote - new and improved and a great app for Education (and more) This post has most of what you need for using Evernote in Educat...

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The Discovery Education blog is for all educators to find leadership guidance, innovative teaching ideas, insights to corporate partnerships, and more.

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If schools seem detached from the people and communities they serve, strategic uses of interactive technology, apps, and social media offer the means to reconnect.

Vox is a general interest news site for the 21st century. Its mission: to help everyone understand our complicated world, so that we can all help shape it. In text, video and audio, our reporters explain politics, policy, world affairs, technology, culture, science, the climate crisis, money, health and everything else that matters. Our goal is to ensure that everyone, regardless of income or status, can access accurate information that empowers them.

You don't like everyone you work with. Now what?

From sexual harassment to the glass ceiling, the challenges women face in the workplace are suddenly front and center in the educational technology world.

The only progress you can make in emotionally charged situations is dealing with emotions.

The local name for the Philadelphia neighborhood of Kensington is “the Badlands,” and with good reason. Pockmarked with empty lots and burned-out row...

What technology does what? This edtech chart collects examples of edtech tools in a range of categories for teaching and learning.

Thoughts, ideas, and comments on educational technology by author and speaker John Sowash

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