As long as we continue to think of technology as a tool for learning we are going to get caught in this circle of supporting teachers use of the tools, rather than focusing on student learning.
Focusing on reading in the 21st Century
Off to a great year at ISB. I find myself starting our fourth week of school and still standing…which is a good thing. The elementary school is focusing on two content areas this year. Reading and Science. What does reading look like in the year 2008-2009? As I’ve been training students on the new laptops these first couple of weeks […]
EduBlogger '08
The EduBlogger Event kicks off today! Join me and people way smarter than me as we talk about different topics related to education and technology. Should be brain hurting fun!
Wetpaint lifts 40 file upload cap for Educators
(Full Disclosure: I am an Educational Ambassador for Wetpaint.com) When I met with Wetpaint this summer they asked me what were a couple of things they could change right now to make a difference. We brainstormed what would be easy to change and which items would take time and programing. The easiest thing it turned out what giving educators more […]
Who's on the cover of Vogue?
Learning 2.008! It really is going to be this much fun!
Gapingvoid's Three C's Remixed
I’m going to remix some ideas from Gapingvoid. I do encourage you to read the entire post with an eye on education. It seems to me that in any school, large or small, you can divide the people into three broad categories. 1. The “Changers”. These are the educators who use their work as a platform to “Change The World”. […]
Your News Twitter Style
What does this mean? When a News Agency uses Twitter to release breaking news. And they are following some 1500 people. What does this mean about gathering the news? Have we once again collapsed the time of when an event is happening and when news break? I keep thinking about how I could have used Twitter when we had an […]
SLearning 2.008 Pre-Conference
Yes we try and make the Learning 2.008 Educational Technology conference a little different each year. We don’t just talk about changing the was we teach and learn, we try and model it as well. We don’t always succeed but it’s about taking risks and pushing ourselves as educators. We can not expect educators to go to a conference where […]
From Manila to Florida: Making Global Connections
Monday night while in Manila I had the privileged to Skype into the first day or school for elementary teachers at Chets Creek Elementary. By far this was the highlight of my trip to Manila and really I just happened to be in Manila it could have been from anywhere. Melanie Holtsman contacted me about a week ago and asked […]
One small step for EARCOS
I had two great days in Manila spending time with the EARCOS team looking at how technology and the web can help to streamline some of their internal practices and also looked at how EARCOS can use technology at both it’s Administrator and Teacher conferences to help connect participants. Up until now, the team at EARCOS has been sending a […]