Friday, September 14, 2007
Working on two online course projects has given me the impetus to take a look back at some of the things I learned and some of the work that I did while working on my M.Ed. I think I have learned a few things about online learning and instructional design. One of the constant themes [...]
I’ve been mostly neglecting this blog for a while. Sorry about that, but it has been a season of endings, beginnings and renewals. First – some endings. I suppose the biggest ending has been the conclusion of my M.Ed. I don’t have the official piece of paper in front of me conferring that esteemed title [...]
Along with some colleagues, I toured around two different implementations of online learning in the K-12 system. In both cases, they have experienced substantial increases in the number of students that they serve. The growth in online learning among K-12 students is burgeoning and ready to cause some real changes in the way that we [...]
Thanks to Steve Dembo for pointing this one out. I had read Taylor Mali’s poem before, but the power and passion he delivers in performance speaks for all teachers. As the school year draws to a close, this is a great message to remind us why we do what we do! [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hw1MFobWD_o]
Wednesday, February 21, 2007
I should be working on the project, but I have to shine some light on this piece by Christopher Sessums (brought to my attention by Stephen) Christopher D. Sessums :: Weblog :: Intellect, Emotion, Spirit, and Will: Another Side of Connectivism His post is an exploration of some of the ideas of/quotations from The Courage [...]
I’m sitting at my kitchen table doing some marking (mid semester marks are due in 2 weeks), and I’m listening to and watching David Warlick in his keynote address to the K12Online Conference (thanks to Dean for the link). I like a lot of what David says, and I respect his thoughtfulness in the field [...]
Wednesday, September 20, 2006
I’ve shared this link with my students, but neglected to put it here for everyone else to see. Stephen Downes has put together a guide to writing essays. II recall many teachers and instructors in high school and university explaining in many different ways how to write an essay – this simple, common sense guide [...]
Tuesday, September 12, 2006
Graham Atwell has published a screencast of his presentation Personal Learning Environments – Live at Edinburgh. There’s just so much I like about his presentation, but two main ideas stand out in my mind: A personalized learning environment is not an application. It is a suite of services which could be, I suppose, web based [...]
I just saw this via Darren Cannell – District blocks e-mail sites In an effort to promote achievement, which students say does the exact opposite, the school district shut off access this week to Web sites that offer free e-mail service, like Yahoo, Gmail and Hotmail. The crackdown was sparked by concern that some students [...]
Jay Wilson is talking about using iMovie/iChat. Some key points Ugly is good. Don’t worry about making it beautiful – capturing good content is more important than competing with Spielberg. A lot of educational video is not played back under optimum conditions – low bandwidth, old equipment, etc. so spending a lot of extra time [...]