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| 2¢ Worth Updated : Fri, 03 Feb 2012 13:53:53 +0000 Finnish Miracles & American Myths My work to move Citation Machine, Class Blogmeister, 2¢ Worth, et al, over to my new “uber” server is winding down. I’ve learned so many truly geeky skills – most of which I’ll probably never use again. It’s okay. It makes me feel young. One advantage of this kind of work is that I can [...] Publ.Date : Thu, 19 Jan 2012 20:45:00 +0000 Upcoming North Carolina Science Conference Someone took this picture of me in The Cave, a virtual reality space at Duke University. It was part of ScienceOnline2008. With tightening (and disappearing) budgets, especially for professional development, making it to conferences that are not core education events has become difficult. Yet, it is these field-oriented PD opportunities that teachers, intent on transforming [...] Publ.Date : Mon, 07 Nov 2011 12:44:53 +0000 A Video Game Idea I’d thought about this early this summer while my daughter was in the hospital. In amongst catching up with a back-log of professional reading, building out and refining her personal learning network, fleshing out lesson ideas, and concept mapping her teaching strategies – and getting well – she ran a restaurant. It was on her [...] Publ.Date : Wed, 21 Sep 2011 13:35:22 +0000 So What did You Do in School Today? Look what we did in school today (cc) nordicshutter It has been a while since I’ve written, though it’s not for lack of anything to say. I’ve been re-strategizing some of the functions of Citation Machine for the approaching peak usage that comes as the semester hastens forward. Most of my strategies have been abandoned, [...] Publ.Date : Tue, 15 Nov 2011 14:54:43 +0000 Backchannel Transcript for TEDxLondon I spent a good part of yesterday with a front row seat at the TEDxLondon event held in the acclaimed Roundhouse. But mostly I was in my office, running the livestream through my MacBook air and Tweeting quotes and reflections to my nearly 14 followers on Twitter. A while back I tinkered around with the [...] Publ.Date : Sun, 18 Sep 2011 11:55:48 +0000 Should they Know it in 20 Years? A couple of weeks ago, I started a blog post recalling a course that I once took as part of my Masters degree. The 1992 course was about developing applications using dBase (look it up). The buzz in tech circles at the time was about Gopher, Veronica, FTP, and something brand new called the World [...] Publ.Date : Sun, 29 Jan 2012 07:29:03 +0000 The Page is Dead! Long Live Curriculum After keynoting the recent SchoolCIO Leadership Summit and then facilitating their “Digital Content” discussion cadre, I was asked to compile some of the highlights of our case studies and conversations into a 100 word scenario for the SchoolCIO Magazine’s followup articles. The word limit made the task feel like a job. But it is in that [...] Publ.Date : Tue, 29 Nov 2011 14:32:51 +0000 12 Ways to Provoke Supportive Learning Conversations at Home I wrote a blog post last week about home conversations about school. It ended with a question of sorts, I wonder how a school or classroom might start that dinner table conversation by sharing everyday glimpses of teachers and learners exploring, experimenting, discovering, and sharing passionate and inventive learning. So I thought I would compile [...] Publ.Date : Fri, 25 Nov 2011 14:28:11 +0000 So Here’s What I’d Do I can not remember when I have thought so little about work for so many days. It was probably 25 years ago. This has been a wonderful holiday season and I have been a relentless participant. Alas, among my gifts were an iPhone 4s and an iPad 2. I’m back to work. But I’ll insert [...] Publ.Date : Wed, 28 Dec 2011 12:43:19 +0000 It’s What I’ve Learned… Brenda and I went to a book signing last week at the celebrated independent bookstore, Quail Ridge Books & Music. It was Lions of the West, which has apparently already received much acclaim, Raleigh’s News & Observer saying the author “..should be declared a national treasure.”1 North Carolina born Robert Morgan, spent about 40 minutes [...] Publ.Date : Fri, 28 Oct 2011 12:05:12 +0000 Instituting Learning Habits I had the pleasure of facilitating an unconference session at Friday’s CUEBC conference in Port Coquilan, British Columbia. I had just finished my keynote, so it was a great way to follow-up. Admittedly, I did not start things off very well (my prompting question was too complex), but the session turned out to be productive [...] Publ.Date : Sun, 23 Oct 2011 12:23:49 +0000 Steve Jobs – A Great Idea There is much that can be said about Steven Jobs. I would like to simply say that he was a man of great ideas and the skills to make them happen. During the creation of the original Macintosh, he told the designers that he wanted a computer that was as easy to operate as a [...] Publ.Date : Thu, 06 Oct 2011 12:25:13 +0000 The EducationRevolution – What’s the Difference What are the contributing factors for success? It’s a huge question for any institution that seeks to improve itself. For us, in education, much is said about the critical importance of the teacher – but also for technology, class size, economic advantages, school size, etc. Studies show one thing and then new studies show something [...] Publ.Date : Sat, 17 Sep 2011 10:45:28 +0000 Rolling Along… I’m writing today, simply as a way of keeping a certain amount of momentum going here. I just got back to my office from an afternoon cholesterol walk, two miles, with my camera, but nothing worth removing the lens cap. At this point, I am fairly isolated from much thought about education, beyond passing one [...] Publ.Date : Thu, 12 Jan 2012 21:26:00 +0000 Retooling Principal Ed Programs Almost a month ago edtech administration guru Scott McLeod posted a request (How would you revise principal preparation?) for ideas about rethinking university graduate programs for school administrators. The comments continue to come in. At the point that I was directed to his post, there were already a number of thoughtful and comprehensive ideas, so [...] Publ.Date : Mon, 17 Oct 2011 14:52:14 +0000 The Purpose of Education is… One of the most interesting sessions at Educon this year was facilitated by Chad Sansing and Meenoo Rami, both of them Science Leadership Academy faculty. The title was Hacking School: the EduCon 2.4 Hackjam. I didn’t know what to expect – and what actually happened was beyond any expectation. They gave groups of four or [...] Publ.Date : Fri, 03 Feb 2012 13:53:42 +0000 What if Curriculum was an Adventure? Rules, in game play, are traditionally static — printed on the lid of the box. Is this so in real life? How many innovations are rule-changers? I had the opportunity last week to participate in a conversation that was arranged by ISTE, exploring some of the potentially pivotal emerging issues in the ed tech and [...] Publ.Date : Sat, 03 Dec 2011 16:02:50 +0000 Sustaining an Innovation-Friendly School – Reflection 1 from Educon 2.4 Some might wonder about the sanity of taking a late afternoon flight out of Fort Worth, later arrival at the hotel, an almost descent night’s sleep, all to attend only the last day of Educon 2.4. What I wonder about is the potential malign effects of three whole days of deep and enthrawling conversations, nearly [...] Publ.Date : Sun, 29 Jan 2012 20:43:12 +0000 Maybe I’ve been Thinking Wrongly From the Edudemic article This is one of those ideas (confessions) that simply can’t be compressed to 140 characters. I tried. I ran across this Edudemic article yesterday, “An Incredible Way to Teach Music Using iPads in the Classroom,” and upon simply glancing through the pictures, a realization flashed in front of me. I have [...] Publ.Date : Fri, 16 Sep 2011 13:38:30 +0000 Reflections on TEDxLondon: The Education Revolution As I said in my previous post about TEDxLondon, I spent Saturday listening to and watching sixteen thinkers and doers talk about an education revolution. Their talks were divided into three parts: What’s Wrong? What’s Right? What’s Next? It was a metaphor for teaching and learning in today’s information landscape. I’ll say here and first [...] Publ.Date : Sun, 18 Sep 2011 14:59:10 +0000 |
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TESOL Certification for teaching english abroad in non-native English speaking countries.
