I presented at NECC Unplugged today in a very noisy but welcoming Blogger’s Cafe. My topic was, “Grassroots Technology Change, or: Stop Telling People What to Do.” I spent a long time preparing a long text for a 10-minute “TED-type” talk. When the time came, I plugged in my mic and opened the floodgates. It [...]
My bags may not be packed yet, but at least I’m thinking about what I’ll be bringing to San Antonio when I attend NECC next week. I’m also thinking about where I’ll go, what I’ll do, and who I want to see when I’m there. Undoubtedly, I will be spending a lot of time talking [...]
Vicki Davis is talking about how the AP’s backlash against bloggers might portend a similar clash between blogging teachers and more “established” voices in the Ed Tech world. I’m not sure it’s going to be so. Is it a shift away from control of the discourse by powerful institutions or is it an expansion of the [...]
I’ve always been a fan of focused, incremental professional development. Find a few areas that are “ripe” and work them hard with whatever group of teachers you happen to be helping. I talk with a building tech committee and ask them what they think we should be focusing on and we’ll throw around a few [...]
Will Richardson brought my attention to Nicholas Carr’s Atlantic Monthly article “Is Google Making Us Stupid?” Carr poses the question: Is the internet re-wiring our brains? Noting that he and many of his friends can no longer concentrate deeply as they read for extended periods, Carr asks if the way we think is being shaped [...]
In The Next Generation of Bloggers, Sarah Perez at ReadWriteWeb brought my attention to youthbloggers.net, a community for teen bloggers. It looks like it’s just getting off the ground but I’m happy to see kids supporting and encouraging one another as they try to get their message out to the world. Imagine that: kids helping [...]
I introduced PBwiki to a number of teachers at our high school recently. One just ran with it and now has her ninth grade social studies classes busily putting together review materials on her “Globalpedia.” For the others, I’ve decided to offer a little carrot: an online summer reading list for use by the faculties [...]
Forgive the bad pun. I spent an hour or so last night playing with some of the edugames linked from 26 Learning Games to Change the World (which I found in a recent David Warlick post). The best of the lot that I tried has to be Globalwarminginteractive.com. What a great way for kids to [...]
I was just reading the comments to Will Richardson’s latest post and was amazed and the mix: nobodies (like me) not just rubbing elbows but conversing with some of the biggest names in our field: Will, Gary Stager, Chris Sessums, and others. People who don’t just present but who keynote at conferences. People who write [...]
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