Today I find myself in downtown Minneapolis after driving in last night from working with educational leaders in northern Iowa. I was looking forward to getting out and walking around the city, but it so happens I arrived the same time a winter storm has hit with high winds and what’s this white stuff I see falling from the sky? […]
As Day 2 of the conference gets started I’m sitting here in the Blogger’s Cafe reflecting on Day 1. As usual I spent most of my time at the Blogger’s Cafe chatting with new and old friends alike. I did go to one session yesterday. Scott McLeod’s session on disruptive innovations. Now I went to the session to support Scott […]
A comment left by Dan Christian yesterday on my post about the changing landscape of blogging. Has me back here thinking about my job as an educational technologist. First I think we need to understand how I view my job and what I think the job of an educational technologist should include. First and foremost we are educators. Our job […]
What? My Technorati Authority rating is down to 188? Wait? How? It was at 198 just hours ago? To make matters worse it was at 251 in June. What happened? Where did all the links go? Don’t worry…I have a theory…here me out. First of all please do not think that I am all hung up on my ranking within […]
1. Before someone talks you into creating/organizing/hosting a conference make sure you’re prepared for the work ahead. 2. Once you are prepared for the work, double the time you think it will take, multiple that by two, and then you might be close. 3. Always remember you are doing this to better education (or educators) or so you hope. ___________________ […]
This week at techlearning I’ve continued the conversation I started last week about the Problem with Blogs. After reading and reflecting on the comments left by others…I’ve updated my thinking on the subject and give further thought to some of the comments. Here’s a taste of the new image: Read the rest here. [tags]conversations, blogs, 21st Century Learning[/tags] Technorati Tags: […]
The middle schoolers of teentek, and all our middle schoolers for that matter, are HUGE into this flash game. Monday I couldn’t keep the boys off of it. Every time I turned aroundsomeone had it open and was playing it. So I took a step back into thecorner of the room and just watched (Seriously…I went and stood inthe corner!) […]