Tomorrow I head off to EduCon 2.2 this will be my third trip. The first conference was something of an experiment with about 75+ attendees. The conference grew out of a conversation and the conversation has not ended. This year there will be 500 participants, reaching full capacity. It will be a lot more crowded, I hope it brings richer deeper conversations. We shall see. This time around I will also be facilitating a session, I was privileged to be…
I am looking forward to MassCUE this week. The annual conference is undergoing a bit of a revival. It is co-sponsored with MASS (Massachusetts Associations of School Superintendents). It has a new location, Gillette Stadium, and it has sold out. A good sign. Wednesday’s Keynote, The Global Achievement Gap, is by Tony Wagner. Thursday’s Keynote, The Changing Face of Literacy and Learning In 1-1 Laptop Classrooms: The New Literacies of Online Reading Comprehension, is given by Donald Lue, j. Gregory…
The last few weeks of school are overwhelming for me. It is as if everyone is racing for the finish line. Between work and home I am exhausted. At home I have a son ending his fifth grade career and a daughter ending 8th grade. There are final band concerts, award ceremonies and recognition (aka graduation) ceremonies. Not to mention the last Girl Scout, youth group, running club and skating club culminating events. It is far to much to really…
During my EduCon 2.0 experience I participated in many discussions. In one such side conversation we bantered about the idea that we are all just part of an echo chamber. I have come across this idea before in the various blogs I read. It is the notion that we are all just preaching to the choir. To some extent I think this is true, but we all must step out of the chamber and into our districts and schools. Here…
Awesome is the only way to describe my feeling about EduCon 2.0. It was a conference focused on learning and the people who play a role in the process; students and educators. There were no vendors, nor products or tools demonstrated. It did not mean that participants did not learn about twitter, or voice thread or flicker, but they learned about them from a conversation here or there. It was a conference born of a group of people wondering “what…
I attended the keynote and the first two session at EduCon 2.0. The third session I spent in the Cafe Ustreaming the different sessions. Below are some notes and comments from the two sessions. Session 1: Notes Influence without Authority: Finding the Common Ground to Frame Innovation and Change Kevin Jarrett and Sylvia Marthinez This session focused on the Future Search process to help bring about change. The process is researched based. In order for change to occur you need…
I wanted to provide you some links to help you keep up on Educon 2.0 The wiki can has links to each sessions wiki You can watch from Ustream – EduconTV Here are a few bloggers sharing their insights Chris Lehman, Jen Wagner, Sarah and, Alice Barr. I know there are many others you can search for the tag Educon2 at technorati to help you find others. You can look at some photos at Flicker again search for the EduCon…