Monthly Archives: January 2008

links for 2008-01-31

Statistics – TechHelp (tags: professionaldevelopment) Main Page – TechHelp (tags: professionaldevelopment wikis tools/apps)

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links for 2008-01-30

Social Software Affordances on Flickr – Photo Sharing! (tags: SocialNetworking ProfessionalDevelopment) Social Software Interaction on Flickr – Photo Sharing! (tags: SocialNetworking ProfessionalDevelopment) Fishbowl (conversation) – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (tags: communication fishbowl ProfessionalDevelopment) EdTech Solutions – Teaching Every Student: Free … Continue reading

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links for 2008-01-29

academhack » Blog Archive » Twitter for Academia (tags: twitter ProfessionalDevelopment) Site password: ‘project’ wiki – Twitter Packs are a community-driven … (tags: Twitter) Wired Campus: A Professor’s Tips for Using Twitter in the Classroom – Chronicle.com (tags: twitter)

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links for 2008-01-27

OLPC News: A Review of One-to-One Laptop Programs in America (tags: 1:1 1to1)

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Educon: The Dialogic Practitioner: Becoming Teacher 2.0

Konrad Glogowski The classroom is now in a vital sruggle for survival with the immensly persuasive”outside” world created by new informational media. Education must shift from instruction, from imposing of stencils, to discovery – to probing and exploration and to … Continue reading

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Educon: Are we looking closely enough at student experience and engagement?

Questions Are we looking closely enough? What does that mean for each student? What’s the key to motivation? Focus: Intrinsic motivation Theory as it applies to learning Attribution Role of technology in this process Asking the questions: What is the … Continue reading

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Educon: Quotes from the panel

“The best technology ever invented was built by Boeing.” @garystager Gary Stager–”Find your heroes, they’re accessible” “When a kid has a lot of heart and a lot of brain, they can go a lot of places. My job is to … Continue reading

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links for 2008-01-26

Open Thinking & Digital Pedagogy » How to Stream Skype to Ustream (Mac) (tags: Tools/Apps UStream Video Skype) Change Agency – Advocating a better education system for the 21st Century. » Conference 2.0 Resources (tags: ProfessionalDevelopment protocols)

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Technology Must be like Oxygen: Ubiquitous, necessary, and invisible

Debrief/Reflection How do we help students and teachers find their passion? Create a culture, a society in our school Share positive best practices It’s about the learning! Show teachers the tools for learning… start with what’s the purpose? Feeling irritated … Continue reading

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Educon: Building School 2.0 — New Tools and Dewey’s Dream

Chris Lehmann Wiki School 2.0 Chris’ bias: School 2.0 is progressive education updated for today’s world. Neil Postman: Certain technologies are not merely additive, they are transformative Question 1) What is the purpose of school? (and how has that changed) … Continue reading

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