Sep

16

Who are the people in your neighbourhood?

Category: Learning Conversations, Pedegogy, School2.0, blogging, connecting online, education, metaphor, networks, pairadimes, presentation, reflection, technology | 17 Comments

I grew up watching Sesame Street and singing along to ‘Who are the people in your neighbourhood‘.
Well the concept of neighbourhood has really changed for me. I showed this movie in Powerpoint format at one of my presentations at BLC08 this summer. Afterwards, I think it was one of 3 people, (Liz Davis, Laura Deisley, […]

Aug

14

Are You a Catalyst for Change?

Category: Learning Conversations, Pro-D, School2.0, Social Responsibility, blogging, connecting online, education, leadership, learning, networks, pairadimes, reflection, restructuring | 6 Comments

It is now a month after BLC08 and a recent comment has stirred up some thoughts that sent me back to a blog draft I wrote months ago. On Defragging my brain after BLC08, Angela Kerns mentioned that of my nine ‘take-aways’, #3 and #4 resonated with her:
3. Face-to-face meetings with your network are powerful… […]

Jul

16

This, my blog has taught me - Presentation 1, BLC08

Category: pairadimes | 4 Comments

Description: Since keeping a blog I have learned that little lessons can form big ideas, altering what a teacher can and must do. I’ve recently moved my blog, and in doing so, I have reflected on every post along the way. Here is an anecdotal look at a few things my blog has taught me.

Here […]

Jul

15

Alan November’s BLC08 pre-conference

Category: Learning Conversations, connecting online, education, leadership, learning, networks, pairadimes, presentation, technology | 2 Comments

“Leading the Transition”
I’m in the session now… WOW… so I’ll be brief.
Alan asked me to start a Shared Google Document here it is: http://fon.gs/blc08precongdoc/
And here is the Ustream: http://fon.gs/blc08preconustream/
Here is what it looks like from my perspective: (I pulled out my tablet which is on my lap to do this post)

Special thanks to my new […]

Jul

5

Overloaded and Unplugged

Category: Learning Conversations, Pro-D, blogging, connecting online, pairadimes, presentation, reflection, technology | 2 Comments

How much is too much?
I like to lurk in Twitter, but I’m having full-on conversations with Plurk. I just spent over an hour putting my Firefox tabs into diigo. After that I started cleaning up my desktop and found a screen capture I made on twirl over a month ago:

I also bookmarked this Liz […]

Jul

3

Presenting…

Category: Learning Conversations, blogging, connecting online, pairadimes, presentation, technology | 5 Comments

I missed out on NECC both physically and online. Despite my wonderful network, with @derrallg Ustreaming, and @durff plurking live links, I just could not find the time. I’ve read a few blog posts about NECC, but one has caught my attention. Ewan McIntosh is (Not) coping with cognitive overload:
I feel like the glass […]

Jun

7

Do not go quietly into your classroom

Category: Learning Conversations, Pedegogy, Pro-D, School2.0, blogging, connecting online, education, instructional design, leadership, learning, pairadimes, presentation, restructuring, technology | 5 Comments

I spent Friday morning with 22 student teachers and a couple teachers from my school. My goal was to introduce them to the world of web2.0, wikis, and del.icio.us. Well 2 out of 3 ain’t bad- I didn’t really get into delicious beyond an introduction. That aside, I think this group of future teachers really […]

May

27

November Learning

Category: Learning Conversations, Pedegogy, Pro-D, School2.0, Square Peg, blogging, connecting online, education, instructional design, learning, networks, pairadimes, reflection, restructuring | Leave a Comment

After my last post I went to hear Alan November speak at an afternoon Pro-D session. I then read Brian Kuhn’s blog post and added a comment, which I have edited slightly and included below. In the process of writing this comment I realized a valuable lesson, which I will discuss below the comment:
The afternoon […]

May

27

November Podcast Highlights: Pink & Resnick Interviews

Category: Learning Conversations, Pedegogy, Pro-D, School2.0, books I like, digital native, instructional design, pairadimes, restructuring, technology | Leave a Comment

I started this post sitting in a waiting room at the auto shop waiting for my car: No WiFi, pay-for coffee and snacks available. It had an outlet if my laptop battery didn’t hold out, comfortable seats and, if I was interested, a tv to make the experience a little more comfortable. But I […]

May

14

K12 Online Conference 2007: Playing with Boundaries- (at your leisure)

Category: Pro-D, blogging, connecting online, education, learning, pairadimes, presentation, technology | Leave a Comment

Why should you participate in this online conference?

It’s Free!
You can participate when it is convenient for you.
You can participate as much or as little as you like.
You will ‘meet’ some very interesting people.
It will challenge you to do “new things in new ways“.
It will help you to improve your practice.

Why am I signed up? I […]

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