I have been quite busy preparing for a major PD initiative in supporting an ever expanding number of Chromebooks and more innovated use of Google Tools. I have to say Google has created a large number of pathways to learn it’s apps and to test ones knowledge. I like the idea of tests and certification on these tools. It would be a wonderful thing if schools using google apps required their teachers and new hires to be google certified teachers….
I am a big proponent of deep reflective thinking. I believe critical thinking is essential to learning. My process for this has always been to read, think, read, converse, think again and then write. That is not happening lately I can’t seem to focus long enough on any part of the process. Back in December I wrote about removing digital clutter to help me focus that did not help much, I find I have even less of an ability to…
I took some time the last week to organizing my digital life, really clean it up. It can get a bit unruly and combersome. I gather information from twitter, plurk, google+ and my rss feeds in my reader. I post occasionally in them as well. I feel disconnected, disorganized and distracted. I spent time looking for one tool that would let me collect and share from a single place. But nothing seems to do it all. I thought about…
Early this week I had the opportunity to spend the day at Google in Cambridge with technology administrators from MA. We met with Steve Vitner, Director Google Boston; Jamie Casap and Dana Nyugen, from the Google Apps for Education Team and; Abe Murray, project manager for Google Books. Part of the discussion centered around Google Apps for Education and the recent changes with administrating the service. We also discussed the need for people to enter the computer/information technology fields. But the…