On Being Still in a Motion Medium

So I’ve been teaching facilitating provoking facilitating over in the new School of Ed at P2PU, and I’d say that it’s been going pretty well. Or, as least, it seems to be. But it’s a different sort of course than the ones I’ve been teaching in computer labs and hotel ballrooms and virtual meeting rooms […]

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The Week in Tweets for 2011-10-31

Department of Learning Services is over at our office today. Tours of Twitter and of the building this morning. # Just announced my tweet count in the Department of Learning Services meeting. So that happened. # @shareski That's a good question. Not yet sure. Talking about it now. in reply to shareski # @svvsdcommunity Welcome […]

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But Suppose They Don't Care

I had the opportunity today to visit with a class at one of our high schools.  It’s a neat class where students are exploring the digital world that their schooling happens within.  They’re looking at electronic resources and portfolios and other things.  They asked me in to talk about blogs and blogging in light of […]

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The Week in Tweets for 2011-10-24

Rain. # So @stevehargadon and @audreywatters are doing a weekly podcast? Cool. # Looking forward to tomorrow's 3:30pm MST webinar w/ @ricktanski and Michael Arsenault on building their online school. http://t.co/JGD8a2EK # I wouldn't mind if 90% of schooling was, in fact, language arts. If it was good language arts. @garystager # @emergentmath That's a […]

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When Badges Backfire

One of several things that worries me about the DML focus on badges is that it’s entirely possible that a badge will backfire.  Badly. If a badge’s purpose is to motivate folks who are doing interesting work on the fringe of school or teaching and learning, well, that’s very tricky business for a couple of […]

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The Week in Tweets for 2011-10-17

@mssassytude @CBethM DC has relaunched their catalog. All number 1s. Grabbed a digital copy of _Green Lantern Corps_ #1 Not bad. in reply to mssassytude # @teach42 As Lion has that, my answer so far is no. in reply to teach42 # @teach42 "Touching" the correction doesn't make sense on a keyboard. But I'm certain […]

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The Week in Tweets for 2011-10-10

@willrich45 @elemenous @kadding has been fiddling with Google Bookmarks. May have some answers. in reply to willrich45 # Identified in a meeting today as "the guy who makes teachers write." I'm okay with that. # @msstewart Never a bad idea. Glad it worked. Often does. in reply to msstewart # If you've been waiting until […]

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The Week in Tweets for 2011-10-03

@micwalker Thanks. in reply to micwalker # Being called "thoughtful" by @audreywatters is like winning a writing prize. Good point about Facebook subscriptions. http://t.co/XlgMnKHD # @heapalmer @micwalker You're most welcome. in reply to heapalmer # Lots of thoughtfulness in the comments. I owe some people some responses – but maybe y'all can get a head […]

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