Save the date - EduCon 2.0 in Philadelphia

Educon 2.0 is not a technology conference. It is an education conference. It is a School 2.0 conference. It will be an innovation conference where we come together in person and virtually to discuss the future of schools. Every session will be an opportunity to discuss and debate ideas — from the very practical to the big dreams.This is the perfect way for school leaders, teachers, tech coordinators and district teams to spend a weekend learning together.

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Survey shows schools need more tech support

eSchool news (partnered with SchoolDude.com) just released a new survey showing that many schools are working with technology support staffing and budgeting well below standards and are failing to meet goals.

Nearly three out of four school leaders say they don’t have enough IT staff to support their needs effectively, according to the survey. Fifty-five percent of respondents said they can’t maintain their network adequately, 63 percent said they can’t plan for new technologies, and 76 percent said they have trouble implementing new technologies.

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Enzyme Inhibition: Competitive and Uncompetitive

Note: this explanation is best understood if you have a Lineweaver-Burke plot and a velocity vs. concentration graph available while reading it.

When you look at an enzyme reaction, you’re really looking at two reactions:

E+S ES –> E + P

So in those rxns, E is the enzyme, S is the substrate, and P is the product. You’ll notice that substrate binding is reversible, so you could say that we’re looking at three possible reactions. Call the first forward reaction R1. Call the reverse of that reaction R2. Call the release of product from the enzyme R3.

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What Students Will Need to Know and be able to Do?Willard Daggett

Willard Dagget makes a number of excellent points. He says we need to spend more time helping parents and the public understanding why we need to change. The data he uses is a combination of his own research team and a number of references from Thomas Friedman’s The World is Flat.

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More Skype Connections

Today we video-Skyped with Paul Schwan’s fifth graders in Florida. Wes Fryer suggested we touch base with each other to work on some future projects … and today was the day. Dealing with the 3 hour time difference (or any time difference) is always part of the fun.

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