Disruptive Technology Al Delgado points to Moodle, an open source course management system. My friend Bill Bratberg of Farmington, Missouri schools is planning on using this in his district this school year.

NPR : ‘Now is the Time,’ The March on Washington

Forty years ago today, 250,000 people gathered in the nation’s capital to demand equal rights for African Americans. The March on Washington, with the sheer size of its crowd and the powerful words of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., was considered the historical tipping point in the struggle for civil rights.

Learning & Leading with Technology Weblogs are featured in the September 2003 issue of ISTE’s journal, Learning and Leading with Technology. Will’s blog is highlighted, but it looks as if they didn’t talk to him. The authors point out the potential of the medium for use by students as a journaling tool. The article is not available online.

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Thanks to free blog publishing software that masks the programming code underlying Web Log creation, virtually anyone can “blog” or practice “blogging,” that is, create a Web Log and update it with daily postings.

Teachers learn new tricks as the Internet expands their professional horizons. [New York Times: Education]

Nothing new or earth shattering, but a nice overview of how some teachers are using the Internet as a communication vehicle, and as a resource for lesson planning.

The New York Times: Circuits Several interesting pieces today about technology and learning. Included is a piece called Can Johnny Blog?, which highlights the work of Will Richardson…