Well, as part of my self imposed homework for #etmooc, I just finished reading and digesting The Cathedral and the Bazaar Eric Steven Raymond, this is an ebook and copyrighted at: www.tuxedo.org/ ~ esr/writings,
Instructional Design for Mobile Learning (#IDML13) – Free Professional Development
This Micro-MOOC, Instructional Design for Mobile Learning, introduces participants to instructional design principles for teaching with mobile technology. Mobile technology is a growing and powerful trend: people now spend more time on mobile apps than they do on the web. Watch the Canvas Network page for more info and registration What opportunities does this powerful […]
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That Red Ink Pen
I love using technology in my classroom. When I first considered using it, my thought was, oh the trees I would save because I wouldn’t have 7,000 worksheets/papers/notebooks, etc. to plow through. I can do quizzes and tests online and give alternate assessments that won’t require filling out pieces of paper. …
Items re: multi-screen media — eventually this trend/convergence enables “Learning from the Living [Class] Room”
PayWizard launches first dedicated payment and subscriber management solution for TV and media industry — from PayWizard
Excerpt:
London, 21 February 2013 – PayWizard, specialists in payment and subscription management, has launched the TV and media industry’s first dedicated, end to end payment and subscription solution.…
Happy Friday people :) mmm chocolate shoes (at Borough Market)
Happy Friday people 🙂 mmm chocolate shoes (at Borough Market)…
Happiness is Parking Further Away From Your Office
I took a moment yesterday to reflect upon just how happy I am with a longer commute that gives me the ability to consider the challenges that lay before me. I intentionally parked further away to extend that reflection time. It was wonderful.…
Honk if you love life!
Our Inquiry and RE units this term have focussed on the concepts of community and our place within the community. It has been a rich and diverse unit and we are now at the stage of expressing our learnings about what community is and how it can be built.…
#etmooc
I just discovered etmooc, the Educational Technology Massive Open Online Courses, though quite a bit late. This began back on January 21 and will conclude in two weeks on March 30. Better late than never, I guess.
etmooc.org etmooc.org#etmooc #etmcha
I’ll be joining in time for Topic 5: Digital Citizenship–Identity, Footprint, and Social Activism, topics I’ve always had a serious interest in and spent quite some time researching during my master’s.…
Column by Emanuel Derman: Little Big Data
Column by Emanuel Derman: Little Big Data:
…I’m not sure what #etmooc topic this belongs to. Maybe “Connected Learning – Tools, Processes & Pedagogy.” Sooner or later online education talk, mooc or not, turns to analytics…
…Choosing what data to collect takes insight; making good sense of it requires the classic methods: you still need a model, a theory, or intuition to find a cause.
Relationships-A School Foundation “Becoming a Networked Educational Leader”
I have only been an elementary school principal for two years. Most of my educational experience comes from a decade of teaching. Before I became principal I had no administrative experience or mentorship. Consequently, there have been many challenges along the way but the positive experiences have far outweighed the adverse moments.…