Friday Four 10/21

Here are four interesting/thought-provoking articles or blog posts I ran across this week that you might find interesting. Please feel free to share your thoughts by posting a comment.

1. Top Three Issues Facing Educational Technology. A blog post by Frank Pileiro, a technology coordinator and veteran educator. He posits that mobile technology, 21st century teaching and learning, and anytime/anywhere learning are the greatest challenges for educators.
2. Article about Carol Dweck: Brain Exercise Boosts Motivation that addresses the question of how to encourage students to persevere in areas where they don’t feel confident. Dweck is well known for her 2006 book “Mindset: The New Psychology of Success.”
3. The Fallacy of Digital Natives. A blog post that de-bunk’s the often heard argument that kids are somehow different when it comes to technology use.
4. Teachers as Advocates. Blog post that challenges teachers to do a better job of advocating for what they are doing in the classroom.