Chaos theory

Synthesis: A creative cognitive tool (2 articles)

Aug 25, 2015

Over the past couple of years my research team (the Deep-Play Research group) and I have been writing an on-going series of articles about rethinking technology and creativity for the 21st century. Published in the journal TechTrends, these articles have been great...

An IQ test for color

Sep 8, 2008

If there is an IQ test for everything, why not one for color. This is Howard Gardner multiple intelligences run rampant. Check out the Color IQ test. BTW, my score was 27 (where 0 is a perfect score and 99 is as bad as you can get!). Irrespective of what you think of...

That synching feeling

Apr 17, 2008

David Pogue has an article about SugarSync, an automated Internet backup and synchronization service that can keep track of (and backup) files across multiple machines. The description sounds wonderful - a great example of cloud computing. If only it were a bit...

4 new ambigrams (STEM, STEAM, Research & Gandhi)

Apr 25, 2013

Here are four new ambigrams I have created over the past few days. All related in some ways to things I have been thinking about. The first two are for STEM (an acronym for Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics) and STEAM (Science, Technology,...

GenAI in Education: MLFTC’s systems approach

May 15, 2024

Over two years ago we started a Learning Futures Collaborative focusing on the role of Artificial Intelligence in Education (The AI in Ed LFC). I like to emphasize the fact that we started the LFC BEFORE ChatGPT was released into the world. We were ahead of the curve....

Guide on the side, the GPS story

Jul 24, 2008

People have often argued that digital technologies change the role of teachers from (as it is commonly described) a "sage on the stage" to a "guide on the side." Personally, I have my doubts about this, complicated somewhat by my recent experiences with GPS...

CEP917 wins MSU-ATT Award

Mar 18, 2013

CEP917 (Knowledge Media Design) a course I co-taught with Danah Henriksen, in the fall semester 2012, received the First Place (in the Blended Course category) in the 2013 MSU-AT&T Instructional Technology Awards Competition. I would be remiss if I didn't mention...

Ron Clark Academy, scalable?

Oct 4, 2009

Scott McLeod over at Dangerously Irrelevant posted a video of a CNN story about the Ron Clark Academy and asked whether something like this was scalable? Watch the video as you ponder this question. Embedded video from CNN Video This is a question often asked of me,...

EdPrepLab World Café: Transforming Teacher Education for a Changing World

Jan 26, 2026

In early December 2025, I had the honor of joining an extraordinary panel for EdPrepLab's fifth World Café, a global virtual convening focused on how teacher education must evolve in response to rapid technological, political, and social change. The session brought...