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Carolyn Foote tagged me, so here are five things that only a few people might know about me…
1. I’m a direct descendant of William Bradford, a Pilgrim on the Mayflower and the second governor of Massachusetts. (A cousin is a card carrying member of the Mayflower Society.) John Proctor of Crucible fame is also [...]
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Without question, 2006 has been one of the most amazing years of my life. Writing a book, quitting my job of 21 years, getting a chance to meet and work with thousands of educators around the world…and that’s just professionally. My wife Wendy and my kids Tess and Tucker have been incredibly supportive and loving [...]
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So did I mention that I got a TIVO for Christmas? My, how much I’ve been missing. I know, I know…I could probably just as well have caught all the Daily Shows on YouTube or BitTorrent or somewhere else. And it stinks that TivoToGo won’t work with a MAC. Bummer.And speaking of which, here’s something [...]
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Thanks for helping to make 2006 a very special year in my life. Best wishes for a happy, healthy, peace-filled holiday.
(”First Winter Snow 2” by Drawings of Light)
Listen to this podcast
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So it’s been a few days of silly little coincidences, like the two people who within about 10 minutes of each other contacted me from very disparate parts of the globe to tell me about Mogopop. Like, whoa!
Somebody, somewhere was writing about not having much patience for new tools that they can’t figure out in [...]
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Just a brief pointer to the “Connectivism Online Conference” running in February that’s been organized by George Siemens and will feature presentations by George, Stephen Downes, Terry Anderson, Bill Kerr, and, believe it or not, yours truly. Luckily, I think I’m scheduled for early in the week, so the bar will no doubt be raised [...]
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I came across this post from Pat Aroune in Western NY who has been diving head first into Read/Write Web tools with his students:
About one month ago, I asked five students to participate in an online experiment utilizing Skype and an online interactive whiteboard called Vyew. Vyew is a free, always on collaboration and web [...]
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Is it just me, or does it look like 2007 is shaping up to be a pivotal year in the school reform discussion? Just this week, two major events in the print publishing world (which is where 90% of the decision makers still reside) seem to be setting the table for some extremely interesting discussions. [...]
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David Pogue writes about the disappearance of online etiquette as the Read/Write Web expands our social interactions online. It’s not a pretty picture. He ends with:
Maybe as the Internet becomes as predominant as air, somebody will realize that online behavior isn’t just an afterthought. Maybe, along with HTML and how to gauge a Web site’s [...]
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This e-mail showed up in my inbox today:
A few weeks ago, my school began to block Wikipedia. When I asked why, I was told that a student searched how to make pipe bombs. When I asked what they did to him, I was told nothing because they don’t know who did it. [I am [...]
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If this post by Chris Lehmann isn’t one of the best edublog posts of 2006, I don’t know what is. This is what I was talking about yesterday about the power of blogging (the verb.) About being willing to reflect and share and learn through the writing. Not only is he writing about real experiences, [...]
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David has a feature in EDTECH magazine that addresses the different types of teacher-bloggers that districts may be dealing with these days, and by and large, I think it gives some effective guidelines for school administrators and policy makers who may not yet understand the technology. I realize that the article is focused on the [...]
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A couple of weeks ago, someone, somewhere noted the interesting phenomenon of schools finally catching on to the 1-1 laptop initiative just when cell phones are starting to come into their own as the heir apparent in computing devices. I wish I could remember the link, because a couple of stories have really made me [...]
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On Monday, my colleague and soon to be blogger Rob Mancabelli and I dropped in on Chris Lehmann at the Science Leadership Academy in Philadelphia for a three hour tour and chat. Bottom line is that Chris is building a vibrant community of learners among both teachers and students that has a unique feeling in [...]
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I’ve been remiss in not pointing to this year’s Edublog Awards nominees for which voting ends on Saturday. I’m particularly struck this year by the number of blogs and bloggers who I had not ever heard of, which is a testament, I think, to the ways in which the community is beginning to really get [...]
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