What Are the Possibilities
June 17th, 2010 by John Creighton in Dispatches
Tags: Culture-Structure, Education, School
Clay Shirky’s talk on “Cognitive Surplus” challenged my views on people watching loads of television. Brad Rourke brought my attention to this talk. Shirky’s idea is that television is an outlet for more brain capacity than society can effectively put to use. I recommend watching his entire 15 minute talk. I’m guilty, in my youth, of being a TV watcher. I can recount far too many episodes of Gilligan’s Island, I Dream of Jeanie, The Brady Bunch, Beverly Hillbillies, Big [...]
Read more...Delusional Power
May 19th, 2010 by John Creighton in Dispatches
Tags: Culture, Education, Public Leaders, Technology
The Texas Board of Education received national attention back in March of this year when it adopted a new social studies curriculum. The decisions of this board used to matter a lot. They matter much less today. They won’t matter much at all tomorrow (i.e. in the near future). Diana Gomez, left, and Garrett Mize, along with other University of Texas students, rally before a State Board of Education meeting in Austin, Texas, on Wednesday, March 10, 2010. (Photo: AP) [...]
Read more...Where do you learn?
April 28th, 2010 by John Creighton in Dispatches
Tags: Education, Emma, Family, Joe, School, St. Vrain
I had the opportunity to meet eight wunderkinds at the Apple Education Leadership Summit in Dallas last week. Several of the students owned businesses of their own. Some were generating six figure revenues. Another transformed The Ohio State Medical School. The students were in Dallas to talk to educators (and school board members like me) about where, when and how they learn. Their panel discussion drove home findings from the 2010 Horizon Report produced by the New Media Consortium. The [...]
Read more...Optimistic Educators
April 26th, 2010 by John Creighton in Dispatches
Tags: Education, Public Values, St. Vrain
Apple paid my way to its Education Leadership Summit in Dallas last week. The event marks a first for me. It is the first time I have accepted a corporate gift as a public official. The details of what I received are on my personal blog. The Apple conference was different from most meetings or conventions I attend. We were surrounded by technology from the moment we entered the door. An Apple representative using a MacBook Pro completed my registration, [...]
Read more...Apple Expenses
April 25th, 2010 by John Creighton in B.O.E.
Tags: Education, St. Vrain, Travel
Apple paid my way to its Education Leadership Summit in Dallas this week. The event marks a first for me. It is the first time I have accepted a corporate gift as a public official. I used frequent flier miles to cover my airfare to the event. Here’s a list of the expenses Apple paid. Wednesday, April 21, 2010 Arrival shuttle $18.00 Apple padfolio & pen $28.45 Lunch $25.00 (box lunch available at 3 p.m., I did not eat) Snacks [...]
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