I was quite surpirsed this morning when I read the Discovery Educator Network Blog, there was a post about the 2006 Edublog awards call for nominations written by Steve Dembo of Teach42. Steve was making suggestions for nominees and my blog was on the list! I sometimes forget that some people actually read the blog. (That is why I added the map, I need to remind myself.) I just want to thank Steve for the thought, I am honored.
I was having a discussion over lunch the other day with a colleague of mind Becky. She is a life long learner and making the move into education, specifically instructional/information technology. We were reflecting on the recent comments from some of the blogs we read and a new one I have recently come across, by Miguel Guhlin. The question was what is holding teachers back from integrating technology and using these tools in their teaching? We came up with a…
In David Warlick’s recent post he is reflecting on a misunderstanding of his view that we must stop integrating technology. He continues to add: Many people say that, technology is only a tool and this is correct. I would continue by saying that information is also a tool, used to construct knowledge. My question is what should teachers be thinking of as they are working through ways to modernize their classrooms. Should they be thinking of the machines? Or is…
Back in 2005, it seems so long ago. I was a MS science teacher, and I read The World is Flat by Thomas L Friedman. I had also just spent 10 years of my life working and living overseas as a global nomad and became the parent of third culture kids. I read the book with a different perspective then I would today. Now I have left the classroom to become a technology integration specialist, I can hear David Warlick…
I did not attend this session I have to work at the MassCUE SIG table. So Becky, a fellow Ed Tech team member from my district took these notes. (Becky it is time to get your own blog) David Warlick has be on since 8:30 and this session goes till 12:20 how does he keep going. His third session is entitled Harnessing the New Shape of Information, covers many web 2.0 tools. Handouts for the presentation can be found at…
Okay Julia here is another one this time I have Becky’s help keeping up with the notes this time. David Warlick second session: Telling the New Story. A look at redefining literacy. How do we make changes happen? We need to tell a different story it must be: Compelling, Exciting and Shatters old notions Leaders that affect change, Change begin with a story Dr. Jennifer James (cultural anthropologist) describes 3 kinds of leaders. Master – so good you can’t help…
Okay attempt number 2 at blogging on the go. David’s keynote at MassCUE. – Literacy and Learning in the 21st century. David Warlick begins by showing us the resources for this conference to be found at the following sites. The Landmark project, his wiki on presentations and the blog at your service He takes a survey of who blogs – about 20 hands go up Who knows what a blog is – all hands Who knows about wikis – most…