April 2009
24 posts published in April 2009.
- The answer to a question no one askedImage by Getty Images via Daylife Here is an e-mail that I sent out just a few minutes ago to the team that is helping to decide the fate of…
- Talking about teachers when they aren't around.I have been a part of way too many meetings recently when there haven’t been any current teachers present, yet teaching decisions were being made.…
- Jumpcut Closing, Obviously.Image via CrunchBase I woke up this morning to this e-mail: Dear Jumpcut user, After careful consideration, we will be officially closing the…
- Why Google Docs should matter to Schools:I wrote this impassioned e-mail in response to a discussion about using Google Docs within our district. You may be able to sense the passion, but…
- What does flash have to do with it?Image via CrunchBase I was trying to figure out a very specific question today and I have been pretty much stumped ever since. The question is…
- Online Schools on TwitterImage via CrunchBase I realized that my last post lacked a little context, so I am giving it now. Yesterday, an online school…
- Content: The not so hard partFor the longest time, I really thought that getting content for an elearning platform was the hardest part (or at least the most expensive). Now,…
- Truth in advertising…I have had quite a few people follow me on twitter recently that weren’t exactly people. They were organizations and schools. They were large…
- The cost of not doing anything…I was in a great meeting this week where we were considering whether or not to go ahead with a full scale implimentation of the Moodle LMS for…
- Twitter as Feed ReaderImage via CrunchBase I have been more and more interested with using twitter as my primary means of staying fully connected, including receiving…
- Strategy for Mobile DevicesImage via Wikipedia Our district is starting to consider using student smart phones as a part of our overall device strategy. As we continue to…
- No one else is neccesary…Image via Wikipedia I had a great conversation today with a fellow teacher and learner. We were talking about traditional elearning and what…
- My Final Digital Educator Mentor PodcastAlthough I haven’t spoken much about the project itself on the blog, I am a Douglas County School District Digital Educator Mentor, which means…
- New ResponsibilityI was thinking about waiting until I got a little further into the project to start blogging about it, but since I made the choice to start…
- Strategy MattersImage via Wikipedia I really appreciate all of the talk recently about how a district can use strategy as a way forward with connected learning.…
- Twitter and Google Reader for Productivity(All quotations are not exact, but paraphrases of much better words that were in the mouths of the participants – These are notes, but I think…
- Help please: Assessment Engine NeededImage via Wikipedia I have had multiple meetings this week around the topic of online assessments. Much to my surprise (well, not really), it…
- Nambu: Getting closer to twitter for everyoneAlthough this post will not go extremely in depth into the pedagogical implications of twitter, it will take a look at a new Twitter application…
- Who are "they"?In a post from a few days ago, a reader of this blog asked a very simple question: I would ask why are they less willing and who are the “they”?…
- CondensationI was at a restaurant this morning with my family and my wife’s fingers were getting stickier and stickier from the leaky maple syrup container.…
- Swimming lessonsFor one year when I was younger, I took private swimming lessons. This was in the stage after I had learned all of the basics with a bunch of…
- I'm not sure why this matters…I just got word that the Chief Information Officer for Douglas County Schools (my school district) is now on Twitter…
- Piloting you!I had a lot of conversation today about pilot initiatives within a larger institution. it seems as though in each project that I take part in,…
- Two things I have learned from bloggingImage by veganstraightedge via Flickr The following is an excerpt from an e-mail that I sent out earlier to a group of people in my district who…