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May
16
Opportunities, Access & Obstacles
Category: Learning Conversations, Pedegogy, School2.0, connecting online, education, instructional design, leadership, networks, pairadimes, reflection, restructuring, technology | 
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Opportunities
“You know the No. 1 complaint about school is that it’s boring because the traditional way it’s taught relies on passive learning,” Mr. Noguera said. “It’s not interactive enough.”
Pedro Noguera (NYT)
I just watched David Warlick’s K12 Online Conference […]
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 […]
May
11
Digital immigrants or digital natives? A discussion of digital competence… A spectrum, not a dichotomy!
Category: Learning Conversations, Pedegogy, School2.0, blogging, connecting online, digital native, education, metaphor, networks, pairadimes, reflection, restructuring, technology | 4 Comments
Amy Capelle has started a very interesting discussion in Ning’s Classroom2.0
She asks, “Are they really digital natives?”
The discussion there is great! Here is my response:
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Apr
26
School 2.0h no, not yet…
Category: School2.0, education, learning, pairadimes, restructuring, technology | 1 Comment
I’ve been having this conversation in a few different places, and now I need to put my thoughts together. Here is a summary of some discussions and e-mail messages, a Wesley Fryer’s post “Advice for designing the school of the future” and my comment there, and my forum post in the School 2.0 social network […]
Apr
22
Phosphorescent Posts: metaphor surfing for bright ideas
Category: Square Peg, books I like, connecting online, learning, metaphor, pairadimes | 2 Comments
My most recent post, “I’m a mop not a sponge” , highlighted a metaphorical epiphany that one of my students had about his learning style. This post will look at metaphors I have found on my journeys through the blogosphere since then.
2 rules to my quest:
1. The post title must contain a metaphor.
2. The meaning […]
Apr
14
The Web2.0 Prophecy: An Adventure
Category: Learning Conversations, Pedegogy, Square Peg, blogging, books I like, connecting online, digital native, education, leadership, learning, metaphor, networks, pairadimes, reflection, restructuring, technology | 4 Comments
Originally posted: March 13th, 2007
Reflection upon re-reading and re-posting:
Until now I have been adding my reflection at the end of these re-posts. However, I thought with this post it should come first. Why? Because it is important that I share the date of the original post before quoting other bloggers who were […]
Apr
13
Portal Needed to Connect Classrooms to the World: Global Citizens can Share Talents and Skills with Students
Category: Learning Conversations, connecting online, education, learning, networks, pairadimes, technology | 1 Comment
Originally posted: February 21st, 2007 [Update: Fieldfindr on Ning-October 3rd, 2007]
Here is an idea that has been brewing in my mind for a while:
FieldFindr
A space where teachers can meet global citizens who have skills that they are willing to contribute to a class.
Teachers can find people in a field of interest that they are […]
Apr
8
Learning Conversations
Category: Learning Conversations, Pedegogy, Square Peg, blogging, connecting online, education, instructional design, leadership, learning, metaphor, pairadimes, reflection, restructuring, technology | 1 Comment
Learning Conversation_ Part I
It was refreshing to hear Maureen Dockendorf, our staff development co-ordinator, (Director of Instruction), speak at our Building Leadership Capacity (BLC*) series introduction.
She encouraged us to become ‘intellectual companions’ that enter into ‘learning conversations’. The part I liked most about her talk was the direction of the conversation. She spoke of:
Not the […]
Apr
8
Articulate Your Thinking… (an e-mail correspondence)
Category: Learning Conversations, Pedegogy, Square Peg, books I like, education, instructional design, leadership, learning, pairadimes, reflection, restructuring, technology | Leave a Comment
In my last post about my Numeracy Tasks Pro-D session with Peter Liljedahl, I mentioned an e-mail I wrote almost 3 years ago. I dug up that e-mail and found an interesting ‘conversation’ between Gary Kern and I. My comments are after the e-mails.
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From:David
Sent:May 10, 2004 9:55 PM
To: [Our Math […]
Apr
5
Synthesize and Add Meaning
Category: Learning Conversations, Pedegogy, education, instructional design, learning, pairadimes | 2 Comments
Going back to Time, (See Square Peg, Round Hole)
Wesley Fryer’s ‘Moving at the speed of creativity’, refers to the Time cover story, How to Bring Our Schools Out of the 20th Century, in his post, 21st Century Education reform.
In reference to this quote in the Time article:
“In an age of overflowing information and proliferating media, […]
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