Technology & Learning - April 2009 - (Page 10) editor’s desk OUT OF CONTROL Don’t worry. This isn’t some negative trope about “these kids today” with their Facebooks and iPhones. This is about some of your colleagues, who are out of control in the best sense of the phrase. I recently restarted the Tech & Learning Twitter account (techlearning for those of you who tweet) and was astounded by the amounts of information, interaction, and innovation being transferred, all in a medium that demands 140 text characters or fewer. For the uninitiated: Twitter users post messages to an online personal profile through the Web or by sending text messages. Other users choose to follow your words of wisdom and can reply with another “tweet” or by sending you a direct message. Likewise, you can choose to follow and respond to what other users are writing. That’s all there is to it. And yet, what at first seems like a trivial pursuit has become a powerful professional-development tool for edtech integrators. As I type, tweets from Tech & Learning advisor David Warlick [dwarlick] are scrolling down from Doha, Qatar: “Preparing for workshop tomorrow. German soap opera playing in the background. Very strange ” Curriculum director Patrick Higgins [pjhiggins] is contemplating cooperative learning in schools at the ASCD conference: “The person doing the talking is the person doing the learning.” Wes Fryer [wfryer] points to his blog notes on installing a virtual version of Sugar (read our Q&A with Sugar’s founder, Walter Bender, on page 16). To be honest, it’s all a bit too much to handle, which basically justifies my job: sharing with you the increasingly out-of-control developments in education and technology. Keep reading the magazine, and join us online at techlearning.com to discover what we find. Oh, and give me a tweet. APRIL 2009 | VO L . 2 9 N O. 9 Publisher: Allison Knapp aknapp@nbmedia.com; (510) 868-5074; Fax: (650) 238-0263 EDITORIAL Editorial Director: Kevin Hogan khogan@nbmedia.com Managing Editor: Christine Weiser cweiser@nbmedia.com Editorial Interns: Amir Hardy, Clea Mahoney Senior Art Director: Nicole Cobban ncobban@nbmedia.com Art Director: Annmarie LaScala Graphic Artists: Michelle Henning, Adrianne Knapp, Neel Patil Contributing Editors: Jeffrey Branzburg, David Jakes, Scott McLeod, Judy Salpeter, Gwen Solomon Custom Editorial Director: Gwen Solomon gwensol@earthlink.net ADVISORY BOARD Larry Buchanan, Sheila Offman Gersh, Doug Martin, Lane Mills, Alan November, Jason Ohler, Cathleen Richardson, Kathy Schrock, Ellen Towers, David Warlick TECHLEARNING.COM Web Production: Minnick Web Services ADVERTISING SALES East Coast Sales Manager: Caliann Mitoulis cmitoulis@nbmedia.com; (215) 370-5813 MARKETING Marketing Manager: Jared Stearns jstearns@nbmedia.com Production Manager: Fred Vega fvega@nbmedia.com CIRCULATION Group Circulation Director: Denise Robbins drobbins@nbmedia.com Circulation Director: Anne Drobish adrobish@nbmedia.com REPRINTS AND PERMISSIONS Wright’s Reprints: (877) 652-5295 EDITORIAL AND ADVERTISING OFFICES 810 Seventh Ave., 27th Floor, New York, NY 10019 Phone: (212) 378-0400; Fax: (650) 238-0263 For general editorial correspondence: techlearning_editors@nbmedia.com NEWBAY MEDIA LLC—CORPORATE President & CEO: Steve Palm Chief Financial Officer: Paul Mastronardi NEWBAY MEDIA K-12 EDUCATION GROUP Vice President, Group Publishing Director: Adam Goldstein Publisher: Allison Knapp Editorial Director: Kevin Hogan Editorial/Creative Director: Anthony Savona Web Editor: Rob Granger Web Analyst: David Leach Web Production Specialist: Ashley Vermillion Web Ad Production Specialist: Lesley Keller SUBSCRIPTION INFORMATION $29.95 per year in the U.S. $59.90 for two years. $39.95 in Canada and Mexico. $69.95 in all other countries. To subscribe: (888) 266-5828 or www.techlearning.com Kevin Hogan Editorial Director N THE WEB www.techlearning.com www.techlearning.com 10 | TECH & LEARNING http://www.TECHLEARNING.COM http://www.techlearning.com http://www.techlearning.com http://www.techlearning.com http://www.techlearning.com
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