Creating a Path for Learning in the 21st Century

"“… We (educators) have ruled out the possibilities of a student being able to make competent decisions regarding his life, his environment, his conduct…. so we make those decisions for him. And we expect him to be able to walk out of schools self-confident, ready to make competent decisions regarding his life, his environment, his conduct……

We have separated him from his world— have made it irrelevant to our tidy curricula– yet we count on him to know what to do with that same world, and have creative solutions for its problems, when our time is done. Amazing.” -Eliot Wigginton, Foxfire2 editor"

"As I whittle away some time between flights on my way to visit colleagues at the Boise State Writing Project this weekend, I finally have a few moments to capture some thoughts about my experience leading the book club conversation on the English Companion Ning during the month of September. "

"EC Ning book club led by author Troy Hicks to discuss his new book "The Digital Writing Workshop.""

"In just a few weeks, Jossey-Bass will release the new book that Danielle Nicole DeVoss, Elyse Eidman-Aadahl, and I wrote with the National Writing Project: Because Digital Writing Matters. Here is part of the official blurb about the book:"

"Apple Inc. is making a version of its iPhone that Verizon Wireless will sell early next year, according to people familiar with the matter, ending an exclusive deal with AT