So let me cut through the smoke and mirrors and really tell you why this coming week is important to me. Simple….on Tripit.com I’m trailing David Warlick in the number of countries I’ve traveled to this year. As an International Educator….that’s just wrong! 😉 I won’t pass David this coming week but I’ll tie him going into the opening of […]
In a world where content is continually changing, and you can learn almost anything for free, what’s the point of going to a conference? This is the question we started with in designing your Learning 2.010 Conference experience. The content is free and easy. If you want to learn how to use Facebook in your classroom, a simple search on […]
In a weeks time I’ll be in Manila, Philippines to attend the EARCSO Administrators Conference. This will be the third year I’ve presented at the conference…guess it a good thing they invite me back every year. 🙂 This year though I’m trying something different. With the permission of the head of EARCOS. I asked if I could set up a […]
I’m back in Bangkok and have had a couple days to really think about what this conference was trying to do, and where do we go from here. The second day of the conference offered some deeper conversations for me. First was a session on eLearning in which I was able to give an 8 minute talk on how eLearning […]
Tomorrow I talk off for what looks to be a great three days in the Middle East. It will be my first time back to the Arabian Peninsula since we left Saudi Arabia in 2005. Needless to say I’m brushing up on the few words of Arabic that I know. It’s an honor to be invited. The Education Project was […]
How do you continue to be an innovative conference? You throw out everything you did the year before and start anew! That’s just what we did this last weekend at the first planning meeting for the Learning 2.010 Conference that will be held in Shanghai in September 2010. Next year Hong Kong will be hosting a conference called 21st Century […]
When you create a conference around students it takes on a whole new meaning. When you challenge those students to take on a project that will impact the world….it means even more. I wish I could describe to you the energy level that was in this room that that you see to the left. Students from around the world, thinking […]
My wife left early this morning for Hawaii. I know…completely lost on her. From Bangkok to Hawaii….. She’s off to visit a friend, one of the benefits of taking a year off from working and having frequent flier miles to spend. So that leaves me with a week of no school and time to myself to prepare for what has […]
It’s about the learner! This conference is about allowing you the learner to take control of your own learning, to create opportunities for yourself to learn. We have done nothing more than to solicit the help of professional learners to help you in your own learning journey. We talk about teaching students to learn how to learn. Next weekend….you get […]
While visiting with Ken Caroll at the Praxis Language studios before I left Shanghai, Ken and I sat down and just started talking about the conference. The format, who was attending and just had a conversation around the idea of what we’re trying to do. A great 17 minute listen if you want/need more information about the conference. It’s funny […]