syndicating 5358 posts from 517 #etmooc blogs

Choosing when to connect.

You have such a wonderful and positive voice. I love how you are encouraging us to push up against our boundaries.

My favorite part is around the fact that your network continues to work for you, even if you aren’t taking an active part.

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I’m intrigued by the idea that personalized learning might simply be a fulfillment of Dewy’s ideals.

I’m intrigued by the idea that personalized learning might simply be a fulfillment of Dewy’s ideals and not truly “disruptive innovation”. What do you think?

The buzz word everywhere is “innovation.”  You can’t avoid it.  And who wants to?  It means positive change, connotes growth and goodness.

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Spreading the Sunshine

The Sunshine Award or the Sunshine Elevens or one of several other versions of inspiration and encouragement for bloggers has been rapidly circulating the blogosphere. Thank you, Scott Hazeu, for nominating me. Scott has been an inspiring educator since we met a year ago, in virtual-land, via the ETMOOC (Educational Technology Massive Open Online Course) through the genius work of Alec Couros.

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ETMOOC … The GIFT That Keeps On Giving

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I am so grateful for all the gifts that ETMOOC has given me.  As I reflect upon the year I think about all the wonderful people I have met and the things we have shared.

The invite :

My first ETMOOC POST a year ago

I am a life long learner and willing to take risks and here I am signing up for #etmooc.…

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Spreading a Little Sunshine

The Sunshine Award or the Sunshine Elevens or one of several other versions of inspiration and encouragement for bloggers has been rapidly circulating the blogosphere. Thank you, Sheri Edwards, for nominating me. It seems that no matter where I turn on the web these days, @grammasheri is doing something thoughtful and helpful.…

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2013 in review

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2013 annual report for this blog.

Here’s an excerpt:

The concert hall at the Sydney Opera House holds 2,700 people. This blog was viewed about 38,000 times in 2013. If it were a concert at Sydney Opera House, it would take about 14 sold-out performances for that many people to see it.

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Learn your students’ names. No, really.

I have a thing about learning my students’ names. And it’s not a good thing.

I think I have a fixed mindset when it comes to learning people’s names: I believe I can’t do it. So whenever someone introduces him- or herself, a piece of my brain shuts off for a couple of seconds and the name go in one ear and out the other.…

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Dealing to Uncertainty and Chaos

Dealing with Uncertainty and Chaos can eventually lead to positive Emergent Practice. Always?

“Chaos often breeds life, when order breeds habit” –Henry Brooks Adams


I would like to start by thanking some educators that have helped me dig deep into some ideas I had about my messy teaching and learning process. 

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syndicating 5358 posts from 517 #etmooc blogs