I’ve moved!!

While it was neither easy nor painless (except the actual WP install), I have moved this blog to my own new web site.
Please visit my website at http://tech4learning.ca where you can follow the link to my blog, or go to my blog directly at http://blog.tech4learning.ca.
It’s all still a work in progress, so I welcome [...]

Schools engaging with Parents: Research says…

I’ve been doing a lot of reading about Parent Engagement in K-12 Schools. What has struck me is the relative lack of controversy in the literature.
There are two consistent themes in the literature:
1. The parent engagement models are both limited and validated in the research. Parents want to engage, engagement declines over [...]

Social Networking – New Research

The UK Office of Communications (Ofcom) has just published new quantitative and qualitative research on social networking in the report Social Networking
A quantitative and qualitative research report into attitudes, behaviours and use.
The report categorizes users and non-users:

Users:

Alpha Socialisers (a minority) – people who used sites in intense short bursts to flirt, meet new people, and [...]