Inquiry & Reflection for Better Learning
In today’s podcast, recorded on my way into town this morning, I talk about some of my learning and thinking from Learning 2.0: A Colorado Conversation. Specifically, it’s a chance to respond to a question Zac sent my way regarding just what I meant when I said in my presentation on show and tell that […]
Read More The Podcast: Purposeful TransparencyToday’s podcast, recorded on my drive in to Longmont this morning, is a quick brain dump of several of the things that I’m thinking about as I head into new baby time. Mostly for me, this was an attempt to capture some ideas before they slipped away as well as to offer the change for […]
Read More The Podcast: Pre-Baby Brain DumpToday is the , which is the reason for this podcast, recorded as I headed home thinking about the writing I’ve been up to today. I’m so grateful for this time to think about writing and its place in my life. What . How and when and where and how do you write and celebrate […]
Read More The Podcast: I'm Writing Right NowIn today’s podcast, I talk about a little collaborative writing experiment that I began last week, what I think worked, what perhaps didn’t, and share some of my thinking about why such things might be important. Certainly a first draft thinking podcast. Here’s the original EtherPad document, still available for editing and revision, as well […]
Read More The Podcast: EtherPad & Collaborative WritingBen Grey asked me if I’d be willing to respond to his recent post entitled “Why Technology.” I tried to do so in today’s podcast, although I don’t think I broke any new ground or said anything I haven’t said before. (Such a ringing endorsement, huh?) Direct Link to Audio
Read More The Podcast: Why TechnologyIn this podcast, recorded last week, Karl and I continue the conversation that began in the comments to my last podcast. I hope that he and I can keep talking like this from time to time, and that the recording of our conversation is useful to you. And I hope you continue the conversation, too. […]
Read More The Podcast: Karl Follows Up on “Worth Keeping”Today’s podcast is a continuation of some thinking that came out of a roundtable conversation that I had at Learning 2.0: A Colorado Conversation. Karl reminds me that I’ve been forgetting to share here on the blog lately. I’ll try to do better. As always, I’m interested in your thoughts. Link to the Audio
Read More The Podcast: Worth KeepingOn this podcast, recorded during yesterday’s commute, I share a little bit about the meeting I was driving home from, a conversation about how best to share resources across districts in the middle of an environment that encourages a different sort of sharing. I then layout my idea for a possible sharing tool. As always, […]
Read More The Podcast: Sharing FlipchartsUPDATE: In the comments below, Mike advocates for free versions of desktop software. I am completely in favor of those options for students and schools. I also like free and open source software for digital infrastructure. (Both the software packages I mention in the podcast are free and open source tools.) The “free” I’m talking […]
Read More The Podcast: Why I’m Not a Fan of Free (At School) (Infrastructure, I Mean)I am sitting in the lobby of my hotel in San Antonio, waiting for the shuttle to take me back to the airport. For the first time since I arrived here, I am sitting at a full keyboard to write instead of frantically thumbing words into my iPhone keyboard. Here in the lobby, I have […]
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