Tuesday, May 27th, 2008

Google Sites Now Available to Everyone

I recently reviewed Google Sites, the company’s wiki tool. The site previously was an enterprise-only tool, meaning you had to be a member of a domain, such as a school district or company, to join. As of last Wednesday, the tool is open to anyone, meaning students can now create their own wikis. If you [...]

Tuesday, May 27th, 2008

Excuses, Excuses

Ewan McIntosh posted a link to a great list of The Top 100 Lamest Excuses for Not Innovating to his Del.icio.us account today. A few particularly relevant ones to those of us in education (some with commentary):

I don’t have the time.
I’ll be punished if I fail. (Education translation: If my kids fail I’ll be punished.)
My [...]