RMS Titanic (Wikimedia Commons)
A friend of mine is near the end of his Ph.D. He’s at the stage where he just wants to get the damn thing done. I asked if he’d written the opening line yet and he said no, he doesn’t care how it starts.…
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Loading...Many of our students, not all, carry with them daily very powerful devices. My team and I often position that many students have what we call ‘instrumented’ pockets and backpacks. I think we would all agree that pockets and backpacks … Continue reading …
(No Ratings Yet)Loading...Interesting series on Group Work and Online Learning (via Online Learning Insights)
Here are the links to a three part series on the importance of Group work and online learning. The posts provide good information, advice and suggestions. A lot of the points discussed in this series will be very familiar to teachers who have created/facilitated group work online…
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(No Ratings Yet)Loading...Awesome to see an all girl team of computer programmers! HWDSB ECOO Computer Programming contest in full swing today. 15 Teams competing for a spot in the regional contest. The mood in the room is one of focus, intense collaboration … Continue reading …
(No Ratings Yet)Loading...This New York Times blog article about the Planet Under Pressure conference contains a Debategraph map that outlines the topics of the conference.
I’ve written about the need for massive online learning communities to connect people interested in poverty, education, workforce development, racial justice, etc.…
(No Ratings Yet)Loading...Skype, facetime and a growing collection of virtual meeting tools like Blackboard Collaborate are making communication easier, cheaper and “almost like being there” with family, friends and colleagues around the World. Scheduling these conversations makes us acutely aware of the different time zones we live in.…
(No Ratings Yet)Loading...One of the first things most people say after talking to me, or visiting my web sites is “there’s a lot of information!” Some are really saying “too much” information. That’s not the way I see it.
Instead I see a constantly expanding wealth of information that young people and adults can learn from over a lifetime in efforts to reduce poverty in the US and the world.…
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LoESS administering/delivering a curriculum TO kids is MORE….especially when it’s a lesson on SOIL. haha #sciencepun
Putting the kids in the driver’s seat. WINNING!
After #edcampOmaha I’m stoked. Let’s get this day going. Let the kids ‘dig in’ and have fun while learning.…
(No Ratings Yet)Loading...I spent time this morning in an on-line forum where Susan Hillyard from Buenos Aires shared ideas about using educational drama to engage kids. The recording is at http://tinyurl.com/2012mar25hillyard
As I learned during this event I added new links to the Library at http://tinyurl.com/TMC-Library…
(No Ratings Yet)Loading...After researching, setting up and documenting our small tablet deployment at the college, I realized that sharing the resources might help others that have a similiar project.
Our tablet deployment has been set up to encourage faculty and staff to use the new technology for their own purposes (play, try, discover) while they think of how it may or may not affect their teaching practices or their use of technology in the classroom.…
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