We are going to continue a tradition in the Big Question ...The Big Question for December is:
What did you learn about learning in 2009?
If you are a blogger, I would highly recommend taking this as an opportunity to go back through your blog [...]
We are going to continue a tradition in the Big Question ...These are my notes from our November meeting of the Oklahoma City Wordpress User’s Group. MY COMMENTS AND THOUGHTS ARE IN ALL CAPS
Several of the websites mentioned by attendees tonight:
- [jcriley.com]
- [jfsays.com]
- [menonpurpose.com]
- [becoming.followersof.com]
Check out these exciting upcoming online events below:These are my notes from Bruce Dixon’s session titled “21 Steps to 21st Century Learning” at the AALF / Oklahoma SDE 1:1 Learning Conference, November 30, 2009. This event is organized by the Anytime Anywhere Learning Foundation, and sponsored by the Oklahoma State Department of Education. MY THOUGHTS [...]
If you are interested in how new technologies are being designed in order to adapt to a rapidly changing and complex world take a closer look at Stephen Downes excellent presentation delivered to MEFANET 2009 Conference, Brno, Czech Republic.In its latest victory over inefficiency, mobile technology is making coffee breaks quicker for some students at North Carolina State University.
The university's library staff has created a new Web site that lets students with mobile phones decide whether to sneak off for a coffee break by watching a [...]
These are my notes from our third session (Leadership, Vision, and Student Achievement) at the AALF / Oklahoma SDE 1:1 Learning Conference, November 30, 2009. This event is organized by the Anytime Anywhere Learning Foundation, and sponsored by the Oklahoma State Department of Education. MY THOUGHTS AND COMMENTS [...]
These are my notes from Bruce Dixon’s comments between our first and second sessions at the AALF / Oklahoma SDE 1:1 Learning Conference, November 30, 2009, as well as Carolyn Thompson’s session, “Models of Contemporary Learning.” This event is organized by the Anytime Anywhere Learning Foundation, and sponsored by [...]
The K12Online Conference has started today with its opening keynote by Kim Cofino.
The K12 Conference is entirely free and online. You don’t need to register to “attend” and once presentations go live they are available forever. You can never “miss” a presentation because you can always [...]
These are my notes from Ron Canuel’s presentation, “Leadership and Vision in a 1:1 Reality” at the AALF / Oklahoma SDE 1:1 Learning Conference, November 30, 2009. This event is organized by the Anytime Anywhere Learning Foundation, and sponsored by the Oklahoma State Department of Education. MY THOUGHTS [...]
Dear Will,
In less than two weeks you’ll be here in Iowa. We’re excited to have you visit. We’ve got an eager bunch of state leaders awaiting your insights.
Just to let you know, this probably isn’t your typical group of school leaders. This session with you is invitation-only and we [...]
These are my notes from the opening remarks from AALF / Oklahoma SDE 1:1 Learning Conference, November 30, 2009. This event is organized by the Anytime Anywhere Learning Foundation, and sponsored by the Oklahoma State Department of Education.
Here is the current leaderboard for the ISTE conference keynote crowdsourcing project. Chris Lehmann has retaken the lead over Jeff Piontek.
I’ll try to post a daily update between now and December 15. Have you voted yet?
[...]Thanks to the hard work of Patrick Woessner and others on the K12Online09 PR committee, a 2 page printable flyer is now available which you can use to share the 2009 K-12 Online Conference with other educators with whom you work! Please read the full post [...]
Today there was what I thought was an engaging Twitter conversation about the ISTE conference keynote crowdsourcing project. Here is the general idea in 17 Tweets…
First, I posted about the latest standings and some backchannel grumblings I’ve been hearing:
Then I heard from John Larkin [...]
Here is the current leaderboard for the ISTE conference keynote crowdsourcing project. Jeff Piontek has widened his lead a bit more over Chris Lehmann. Alan November has claimed the lead in a category and Karl Fisch is pulling away from Michael Wesch.
Does it matter if a nominee nominated himself? Does [...]
Thanks to a post from the ever-helpful and prolific Richard Byrne, I learned about the website WatchKnow. According to the website’s about page:
Imagine collecting all the best free educational videos made for children, and making them findable and watchable on one website. Then imagine creating many, many more [...]
I’m just about finished with my not-quite-at-the-last-minute prep for my trip to our annual state edtech conference, sponsored by the Virginia Society for Technology in Education.
The program starts on Monday but I’ll be headed to beautiful downtown Roanoke just before noon tomorrow, mainly so I don’t [...]
Here is the current leaderboard for the ISTE conference keynote crowdsourcing project. Jeffrey Piontek has widened his lead slightly over Chris Lehmann. Alan November also is moving quickly up the charts.
FYI, if you count totals across ALL categories, Chris Lehmann would be in the lead with 462 votes. [...]
Cross-posted to the K-12 Online Conference blog.
Tomorrow on Classroom 2.0 Live, organizers of the 2009 K-12 Online Conference will discuss this year’s conference which begins on Monday, November 30th with a pre-conference keynote by Kim Cofino. Here are the details of this FREE online meetup!
Date: Saturday, November [...]
In a guest education column from the Post earlier this week, Daniel Willingham, billed as a cognitive scientist at UVa, makes a good, practical case for the arts being an essential part of K12 education.
He makes many excellent points but there are two that resonate the loudest.
Kagan argues that [...]
