EDC MOOC, Week One Discussion Question for Inbox
Our facilitator, Jermey Knoxs asks: “We loved the quirkiness of this short film, and the original way it deals with contemporary social exchanges. How do you think it might suggest utopian or dystopian ideas about the nature of communication in a mediated world?…
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Loading...My blog feels more like a show and tell today. I am really happy with what happened. Today I taught two classes (Kindergarten & 2nd grade) using ebooks. We had a great time! The students were engaged and excited to see my Ipad. …
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I’m not from Gainsville and no I don’t listen to much punk rock. Well, I do listen to the Clash. A lot.
He was wearing a black hoodie that had “Hot Water Music” written on the front. I said, “Wow, awesome sweater!…
(No Ratings Yet)Loading...My dad said that he learned to swim when my grandfather threw him in the Cape Fear River. No life jacket. No walking in a little at the time. Sink or swim. That’s certainly the opposite of how I learned to swim. …
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Have you ever had a pleasant, unexpected surprise happen as a result of having shared something online? I’m building out a new collection of these stories, having done it in 2009, 2010, and 2011.
Previously I called these kinds of stories “Amazing”, but I got in a little trouble so now I am re-casting them as True Stories of Open Sharing.…
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This past weekend, 500 educators descended on the Science Leadership Academy in Philadelphia for Educon 2.5. For those who couldn’t make the trip, most sessions were streamed, recorded and available for viewing. I was able to clear my schedule for a few hours both days to interact and learn.
(No Ratings Yet)Loading...Ever since the course on Coursera officially started, the Google+ and Facebook groups have been hit by a tidal wave of new members. It’s more important now than ever to make decisions about my own focus and filters.
I would really like to find a cluster of like-minded souls in the #EDCMOOC cloud!…
(No Ratings Yet)Loading...I am a little late out of the gate on this one. Since the idea of making a video of “me” was not something I was keen on, I thought I would keep it simple. I decided to use About.me. I had started it awhile ago and never finished it. …
(No Ratings Yet)Loading...Knowing or owning one’s shadow is an important part of being comfortable with oneself in Jungian terms, but its also about owning the darker side of things where there is the potential for harm. It’s about developing awareness of what drives things consciously and developing awareness of the unconscious drivers.…
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Yesterday I posted an article with some quotes made by mentoring leaders at last week’s National Mentoring Summit. I also posted a map showing people I met. I do this to draw attention to the need for operating resources and to try to connect with others who will add their time, talent and dollars to building a year-round public attention and resource generation strategy that supports tutor/mentor programs in every neighborhood of Chicago and every city with flexible, constantly flowing operating and innovation resources.…
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