Inquiry & Reflection for Better Learning
Tonight’s short offering is a thought or two about an idea I had today. Aggregating content is nothing new – but makes sense when you need a "new" project. We could all use a few more connections to the good work we’re up to. Would love to hear your thoughts, or anything you’re […]
Read More The Podcast: A Project of ProjectsToday’s podcast is a reflection on some experimentation I did today with Brian C. Smith as we’re both learning how to collaborate via the XO. In short, we were impressed. Enjoy. LinksChris Craft’s postXochat.org
Read More The Podcast: Collaboration StationThe conversation(s), I mean. You know, about how teachers need to be engaged, too, in order for their passion to come through. Gardner Campbell posted this quote by Jerome Bruner that was a good reminder of the fact that, while the tools and the opportunities to connect and talk are new, not so […]
Read More I Know It’s Not New . . .Today’s podcast is a semi-rambling review of the XO. I also manage to mention Learning 2.0 (have you registered yet? We’d love to have you.) and a couple other little things. Enjoy and let me know – what are you doing with your XO?Links I mentioned The OLPC WikiXoChat.orgEduconLearning 2.0 I didn’t mention […]
Read More The Podcast: I XOXO my XOOne of the teachers taking our K12Online Conference course writes (in a forum that’s private – so no linktribution): There are so many conference sessions to choose from. Some conferences have catchy titles, but don’t grab me when I click on it. Will you give me a few recommendations? I teach high school social […]
Read More Hey Network, Can You Lend a Hand?You are invited to attend the Learning 2.0: A Colorado Conversation Conference. What is Learning 2.0: A Colorado Conversation?Learning 2.0: A Colorado Conversation is a one day conference/meetup for teachers, administrators, students, school board members, parents and anyone who is interested in education. It will be held on Saturday, February 23rd, 2008, from 9:00 am […]
Read More Learning 2.0: A Colorado ConversationA little while back, Dean mentioned a tweet I made that got him thinking. I’m still thinking – about what’s already out there and what we can learn from it, instead of racing forward to the next new thing in a hurry. I feel myself skating from content to content and application to […]
Read More A Blast from Someone Else’s PastI don’t think for a moment that blogging is going away. In fact, I’m surprised by how quickly some folks seem to embrace that. (I wonder if it’s because blogging is hard. I’d like to give up plenty of hard things – but I won’t because they’re good for me.) Ryan Bretag […]
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Read More Save the DateI can think of many more foolish reasons to make a fool of one’s self than this: I have made a fool of myself before and will no doubt do so again. I am happy to make a fool of myself, if it will advance our knowledge and understanding. — Stephen Downes, via his blog. […]
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