Yesterday morning I did a keynote presentation for our High School Pro-D day that I called: ‘It’s not about the Technology -(and it’s not a secret)‘. I’ll share this online after I get back from holidays. The night before the presentation I sat and looked at what I had prepared and hated it. I wrote […]
Tag: opportunity
Is the tool an obstacle or an opportunity?
[Updated version] By datruss | View this Toon at ToonDoo | Create your own Toon by datruss This has been floating around in my head for a while, but Scott McLeod’s ‘Banning Student Computers’ slide and Sonya’s ‘The New Teacher’ inspired me to finally express it visually. The last time he was in town, Alan […]
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Opportunities, Access & Obstacles
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 Keynote: Inventing the New Boundaries. Then I got an e-mail from Kris about an […]
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crisis = danger + opportunity
The first time I read that the Chinese word for ‘crisis’ included components or elements of the words ‘danger’ and ‘opportunity’ was in James Lovelock’s ‘Gaia- A New Look at Life on Earth’ over 20 years ago, (see the wiki for Gaia Theory or a review of The Ages of Gaia). I have heard this […]
