I don’t subscribe to Digital Natives/Immigrants.
I don’t use the term Web 2.0.
I don’t run traditional workshops.
I believe my instructors have the capacity, curiosity, and compassion to try new tools in order to provide a better learning experience for their students.
I catch flies with honey.
I break stuff.
I break rules.
I admit when I break stuff and rules.
I’m [...]
I’ve got to make my EDUPUNK post, and it’s going to be short. I only have 2 things to say.
It makes me smile and I suddenly feel 20 years younger.
Don’t dissect the metaphor.
Imagine a classroom with upper elementary school students all in one learning space. There are smaller areas with chairs, some with pillows, bookshelves and boards, the usual stuff. The teachers move between the students and know the students from multiple levels. Students know teachers from other levels. The older students are each partnered with a [...]
I just had the privilege of jumping into one of Clarence Fisher’s MS Innovative Teaching sessions on ustream. I’m so glad he posted the link on Twitter, because it was a great conversation. I don’t know everyone who was in the group, but the topic of conversation was to define the ideal classroom. [...]
Well, maybe not blogging in particular, but I thought it was a catchy title. My brain is definitely broken. I know, without a doubt, that I am processing information and storing memories in a different way than I did ten years ago. It may be related to age, but I have serious [...]
I spent part of my weekend doing my mandatory parent volunteer work for my 7 year old daughter’s grade 1-3 Montessori class. I had been prepared to simply write them a check, when the teacher contacted me because I “know about computers.” She said she had typed up the students’ US President reports in a [...]
Until now, facebook has just not sucked me in. I play Scrabulous a few times a week, but that’s about it. I only have 30+ friends, and never actively seek people. This morning, I logged into my account to check on Scrabulous and was excited to find a button to ignore all requests. (insert evil [...]
Based on my online presence and frequent discussions with others about VPD, I think most readers are not aware of the actual status of educational technology infusion at my institution. I’ve now been there six months and for the first four, had been doing well flying under the IT radar. That’s not to [...]
I’ve been in Second Life a few times this week and run into people I spent time with in 1st life lately. In these instances, they’ve told me SL doesn’t begin to compare with real life interaction. So now I’m curious as to why it was an acceptable surrogate before, but now seems unsatisfying. Here [...]