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Is your identity worth $10 a year?
Disclaimer: Most people who would bother to read this blog might get this and most who don’t read this won’t. Purchasing your domain name will be, and is becoming a big deal. Even if you don’t blog or...
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Two blog posts in one
Part 1 If you’ve ever heard the first statement in a staffroom, the rest of the logic would follow. Learning is what makes us human and to use this logic would suggest that schools can be inhumane...
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Should I share less or should you filter more?
I like to share. That’s not a secret. I’ve been thinking about it a fair bit lately. Several people keep it in their radar and it seems to be a consistent theme for me. I like to play. That may be not...
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What do you want to share today?
Alec posted this link and while I haven’t fully digested it, there were a few key quotes that stood out, Here’s an idea: put a sticky note on your desk that says, “What do you want to share today?” I’m...
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What face to face is good for
Teaching a hybrid course of face to face and online, I’ve been asking the question “what is face to face good for?” We meet 3 times online for every f2f meeting. The f2f meetings for many were the...
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Fluid Learning, A must read
Add this article to your delicious feed, then email it to every leader and teacher you know and you will have accomplished a lot today. Will tipped me off to this article by Mark Pesce and it captures...
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Twitter Deep vs. Blog Deep
I’ve never been one to tell anyone how to use a tool and specifically a tool like twitter. It’s evolving and been re-purposed in more ways that I’m sure the developers had in mind. While everyone has...
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Defining “Teacher”
We hear a lot about the changing role of teachers (I’m tiring of the phrases “sage on the stage” and “guide on the side”) but in reality students are still looking at the teachers as authorities....
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Advocating for more Transparency
Everyone once in a while I read a blog post that gives me a bit of a shiver. When something resonates so deeply with me that I’m compelled to respond right away. Of course I subscribe to Will’s blog...
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The Continuing Saga
I had one of the strangest events of my professional career on Tuesday night. Coming back from 10 days in Europe I checked my calender to see I was schedule to speak at a Parent night at a high school...
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How the book destroyed Community
I recently attended a session by Rory McGreal at the Tlt Summit. Rory was discussing how video games are often considered to be making us more isolated and how they are destroying students ability to...
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Student Involved Assessment
Reposted from the Tech & Learning blog The concept of student involved assessment is hard to deny as a powerful learning practice. Students taking care of their own learning and being able to use...
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Fun with Twitter: Lesson #31
Here’s just another really silly, useless but somewhat fascinating use of twitter. Not necessarily any educational value but pure fun. Step one: Find someone at a sporting or other large event....
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Ramblings from NECC 2009
I had the good fortune of spending the last week with some really smart people and sit in on a few great sessions. During this time I was asked a few times if I was enjoying this or learning. The...
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Nice one TDSB
Warning: This post was written in about 10 minutes with a fair bit of emotion. While I’m hoping for clarity, I’m there’s no guarantee. Update: The story I linked to was from 2007. Someone from the...
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IT Summit 2010 in Review
Two conferences at the same venue in two weeks. Last week’s conference focused on higher education and this week’s on K-12. There was somewhat of a different feel partly due to the crowd, there is a...
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Barbers and School
My son, for whatever reason, has chosen to let his hair grow while at college in Toronto. His mother and sisters and I have been trying to get him to get it cut for months. On Friday he did. He...
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It’s not just a tool
Cross posted at Tech Learning Saying technology is “just a tool” can be a very dangerous statement. I understand that when people say this, they’re simply trying to point out that technology is a...
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IFTTT Meme
I've not wrtten ia post about a tool in a long time. Mostly because I usually don't think about it that much and other people do a better job writing about it than I do anyway. But I've been using If...
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Too Big for Your Britches
I've always felt this and certainly have experienced it, but as I've had the privilege of seeing a lot more schools and school districts up close, it's become evident to me that size is a real enemy to...
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