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K12 Online Live Event
Please join us on September 26, 2009for the first live event of the2009 K12Online ConferenceOn September 26, K12Online Conference will host a LAN party from 2:00PM to 5:00PM EDT and encourages everyone...
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October K12 Online LAN Party
Please join us on October 20, 2009from 6:00PM to 8:00PM EDT (10pm GMT)for a second live event of the2009 K12Online ConferenceOn October 20th, the K12Online Conference is hosting a LAN party from 6:00PM...
View ArticleK12 Online Echo
I am starting a new show at EdTechTalk, the K12 Online Echo. It will be held twice a month at the EdTechTalk studio. Guests will be drawn from the 2006-2009 conferences and will feature a...
View ArticleISTE 2011
This blog has been dormant for quite some time, but conferences always push me to share what I am learning. It is great to be back at ISTE, to meet people I only know online, having met them through...
View ArticleNo Excuse
I will be adding my notes for the ISTE Conference - but I've been sidetracked with other things. In the meantimeYou didn't get funded to go to a conference? This is not an excuse for missing PD...
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Terry Fox Run: Interview with Debbie Laurie
Cross posted from LEARNI just read a blog post which talked about 21st century skills for teachers and students. One of the aspects mentioned was the importance of community involvement. I had the...
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Learning 24/7
Cross Posted from LEARNAs money gets scarcer, it becomes harder to get to conferences and other professional development events. In the twenty-first century, this is not a reason to miss out on...
View ArticleOne Day on Earth
As the seven billionth child has been born to this planet I've been thinking a lot about the Earth and the state of people on it. While I sit in a warm and comfortable home, there are many whose lives...
View ArticleHoward Gardner at the Global Education Conference
I had the privilege to hear Howard Gardner interviewed by his son, Andrew Gardner, at the Global Education Conference. I did not have to go to the conference; it came to me through Blackboard /...
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Reaching out to the Network
I just watched two keynote presentations from this year's K12 Online Conference: Playing in Public by George Couros and The World’s Craziest Educational Videos Featuring ds106 by Jim Groom and Tom...
View ArticleJohn Grierson
Living in Montreal, I grew up with films from the National Film Board of Canada. My father had a 16mm projector and my brother rented films for a group of his friends. I got to watch with them. I...
View ArticleHow are you Reading
cross-posted from http://blogs.learnquebec.ca/I bought an iPad in May and it has definitely changed my reading habits. While I am an avid reader and my house is filled with books, I have started to...
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Article 12
Kansas City Library: photo by Jonathan MoreauReposted from LEARN blogThere has been a lot written lately about curation in education, specifically digital curation. Here is a definition from...
View ArticleA New Adventure
I decided I needed to polish up some skills and be part of a larger community so I joined the etmooc course. One requirement is blogging. Though I have had blogs of one kind or another since 2005, I...
View ArticleAbout Me
This voicethread will help you learn a bit about me.I also have many more interests. I'm an avid photographer, having really started when I got involved in a photo a day in 2009 on Flickr. I also...
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Ripples
I've been thinking about sharing. I participated in last night's etmchat -an interesting challenge as the tweets quickly scroll by. One topic had to do with one's PLN and sharing and I wrotePLN like...
View ArticleGetting Organized
I jumped into ETMOOC without much preparation. So now I am going back and thinking things through. What do I want from this experience?* I am hoping this will push me to try out some new things - to...
View ArticleFinally Got the Nerve
As an educator I am always encouraging students, workshop participants to risk. It is through mistakes we learn. When I was an ed tech teacher I had a sign in my lab"An expert is a person who has made...
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Comments Feedback Grades Self-reflection
Single SlicePhoto by Pernilla Rydmark under a CC licenseAs we each carve out our slice of etmooc, I know that I am just nibbling on a slice, not eating the whole pie (nod to Darren Kuropatwa's vlog...
View ArticleWalking the Talk
I think one of the reasons I joined etmooc was to force myself to "walk the talk." I give workshops to teachers - one of which is on digital storytelling. I know about the power of story and encourage...
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