March 2013
77 posts published in March 2013.
- The Parent PerspectiveChoice is the true trump card that parents have to play in educating their children. Many parents agonize over their school choices and advocate…
- What promises are you making to learners?I’m trying to create a set of norms or promises to live by in my collaborative work, but I would like to hear what other folks are promising to do…
- Sorry for the crazy hair, rogue pimples and undershirt, but I would love to know more about what you are promising…Sorry for the crazy hair, rogue pimples and undershirt, but I would love to know more about what you are promising to learners and to one another…
- A Teacher's ValueFor all of the talk about how teaching is a professional vocation where skills and contributions are valued outside of schools and districts, the…
- I just set up http://openspokes.com to redirect to the YouTube channel for the project.It should be easier to share than the youtube link. http://openspokes.com//cdn.embedly.com/widgets/platform.js
- I just set up http://openspokes.com to redirect to the YouTube channel for the project. It should be easier to share…I just set up http://openspokes.com to redirect to the YouTube channel for the project. It should be easier to share than the youtube link.…
- Listening to what Learners Want: Autonomy, Mastery and ConnectionI absolutely love the work of Amy Burvall and the Theory of Knowledge course. I pulled two of my favorite excerpts from the Student Voices video…
- Listening to what Learners Want: Autonomy, Mastery and Connection #edchathttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cAPuVP7MkI&feature=autoshare
- Transformational Experiences don't have to be RareBased upon the great work and reflection of Christina Hendricks (http://youtu.be/i14BNHBv404), I wanted to think through just how easily we might…
- It is finally here:The call to action for The Fellowship of Open Spokes. If you would like to take part in this Collaborative YouTube Channel, please fill in your…
- I love this idea of spreading such a course over a school year. Very intriguing.Originally shared by Brendan Murphy Well it happened, our school board approved our one-to-one technology plan. As part...
- This is a pretty great collection of Student Voices.They are reflective and engaging. What can we learn from them for our own work? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SU72SpObYKY//cdn.embedly.com/widgets...
- This is a pretty great collection of Student Voices. They are reflective and engaging. What can we learn from them…This is a pretty great collection of Student Voices. They are reflective and engaging. What can we learn from them for our own work?…
- The Side Effects of our SolutionsI like thinking about the "the problem we are trying to solve" without focusing on the side effects of our solution. Too often we are looking for…
- General Practice vs. SpecialistsOur district is a complex organism. Much like the human body, each organ is responsible for its own functions, but no one organ is responsible for…
- A Personal Memorandum of UnderstandingWe are known by the promises we make to others. We are known for the promises that we keep too. The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) is a…
- Pretty excited to be here!Originally shared by **** Hanging with great minds like Kellie Ady-CCSD Greg Miller Glenn Moses Ben Wilkoff and more! #blendedlearning join us…
- Natural Ways We Fit TogetherI don’t want to change the org chart or the ways in which we define roles and responsibilities, but rather the idea that there is a single way…
- GPS vs. A MapBefore GPS was in everything, before it was in phones and tablets, before it was helping us with driving directions and telling us where the…
- When a Piece of Paper is TechnologyIt isn’t often that I see technology completely disappear in a classroom. More often than not, it is ever present and in your face. It screams,…
- Round two of call and response with Jeremy Inscho.I am digging this conversation a lot. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=chvMPdKNdnU
- Do you know all of the poets Watsky mentions?http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XpteoAFDm2I
- Conversations are Meta-data (and why you should care)I am engaged by this idea that conversations could be considered metadata and could be used to drive instruction or differentiation. How would…
- Conversations are Meta-Data (and why you should care). #reflectivepractice #edchathttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=chvMPdKNdnU&feature=autoshare
- Winston Churchill and Web 2.0 ToolsWeb 2.0 tools are unreliable at best and unavailable at worst. They don’t work the way they did last week because of their constant feature…
- Utkarsh LokeshWhile I really appreciate the work you are doing at the EdTech Review, the Blended Learning Community is about conversation and not link sharing.…
- This is my response to Jeremy Inscho’s first vlog, which I found extremely compelling.I probably put too fine a point on it, but I think addressing the concerns of Web 2.0 tools are the best way to...
- If you were going to tour the east coast looking for highly flexible and authentic Blended Learning programs, where…If you were going to tour the east coast looking for highly flexible and authentic Blended Learning programs, where would you go?
- Free Hug FridayI don’t give out free hugs. It isn’t as if I charge for them, far from it. But in advertising for free hugs, I would have to put myself out there…
- There has been some really great discussion about false-positives and false-negatives for change in my department.What are your thoughts on it? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mT8Ujb0oG8w
- The Anti-Change MentalityWhat should you do with those who are specifically anti-change, who will use false-negatives in order to try and stop movement on what you are…
- Happiness is Parking Further Away From Your OfficeI took a moment yesterday to reflect upon just how happy I am with a longer commute that gives me the ability to consider the challenges that lay…
- Happiness is Parking Further Away From Your Office #ReflectivePractice #edchathttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VppUeE4MIV8&feature=autoshare
- This is an amazing poem.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tulmy8aeoNk
- False-Momentum, False-Change, and False-Positives: The Harm We Can Do With Half-Baked InitiativesA teammate posed this question: What are the implications of not doing Blended Learning right? It really got me thinking abut the harm we can…
- The Future of Status UpdatesThe humble status update has become something of a joke. We do dozens of them a day and we let them pass by without any concern for building…
- The Future of Status Updates #edchat #ReflectivePracticehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SC_w0ZqsLww&feature=autoshare
- This conversation around what a Flex School looks like is pretty engaging, especially the embedded Prezi.It also was created just by starting the conversation on Twitter. http://mpalmerston.wordpress...
- This conversation around what a Flex School looks like is pretty engaging, especially the embedded Prezi. It also…This conversation around what a Flex School looks like is pretty engaging, especially the embedded Prezi. It also was created just by starting the…
- Open Invitations: The Ask, The Story, and The PersonJoe Dillon did a great reflection on how Open Invitations have led to his understanding of Open Education, and I wanted to dig a little bit deeper…
- I think this is some pretty great advice for all of us as we are creating new things today.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=knro0i2JH44
- Hey, do you mind me asking your phone number?I’m interested in making sure I have ways of contacting folks via txt and phone if necessary.
- Hey, do you mind me asking your phone number? I’m interested in making sure I have ways of contacting folks via txt…Hey, do you mind me asking your phone number? I’m interested in making sure I have ways of contacting folks via txt and phone if necessary.
- This thing.http://myde.st/ZKoZK4
- How Should We Celebrate Milestones of Community?Learning and Community Milestones are very real, and they happen with increasing frequency as we become more connected and involve ourselves in…
- How Should We Celebrate Milestones of Community? #edchat #reflectivepracticehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azDCDmI8f1w&feature=autoshare
- The Order of Operations for LearningWhile I don’t think that it is quite as rigid as the Order of Operations in math, I think that there is a better "order" for learning that creates…
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- I’m trying to put together a spreadsheet of all of the members of this community with links to their Youtube…I’m trying to put together a spreadsheet of all of the members of this community with links to their Youtube Channels (and any other Educators on…
- I’m putting together a list of Educators on Youtube.If that describes you, would you mind filling out this quick form? (As an added incentive, you can see all of the responses instantly after you s...
- I’m putting together a list of Educators on Youtube. If that describes you, would you mind filling out this quick…I’m putting together a list of Educators on Youtube. If that describes you, would you mind filling out this quick form? (As an added incentive,…
- For those of you who have been following the Fellowship of the Ning, I will be interviewing them tomorrow at 11 EST:…For those of you who have been following the Fellowship of the Ning, I will be interviewing them tomorrow at 11 EST:…
- Ben Wilkoff hung out with 6 people.#hangoutsonairAndrew Powell, Jade Maynard, Sam Saucier, Francisco Rivarola, Ella Hubber, and kieran crawte
- Ben Wilkoff hung out with 6 people. <a class='ot-hashtag'…Ben Wilkoff hung out with 6 people. #hangoutsonairAndrew Powell, Jade Maynard, Sam Saucier, Francisco Rivarola, Ella Hubber, and kieran crawte
- WE DID IT! Now, what?Thank you so much to everyone in the community that helped me to become the Director of Blended Learning in Denver Public Schools. I will be…
- WE DID IT! Now, what? #blendedlearning #ThankYouhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mrZX_bNMGzQ&feature=autoshare
- This community has helped me in a lot of ways, not the least of which is preparing and supporting me in becoming the…This community has helped me in a lot of ways, not the least of which is preparing and supporting me in becoming the Director of Blended Learning…
- I made this circle of pretty much everyone I could find that works in DPS and has a profile on Google+.I know that I have missed some people, however. If you know of anyone that isn’t represented i...
- I made this circle of pretty much everyone I could find that works in DPS and has a profile on Google+. I know that…I made this circle of pretty much everyone I could find that works in DPS and has a profile on Google+. I know that I have missed some people,…
- Hey Christina Jean, I just saw you in the Crosswalk document and it looks like we will start working together next…Hey Christina Jean, I just saw you in the Crosswalk document and it looks like we will start working together next week. Really looking forward to…
- Ben Wilkoff hung out with 7 people.Michael Wacker, Kevin Joseph Croghan, Michelle Baldwin, Chris Moore, Rebecca…Ben Wilkoff hung out with 7 people.Michael Wacker, Kevin Joseph Croghan, Michelle Baldwin, Chris Moore, Rebecca Muller, Tyler Amidon, and Glenn Moses
- Have you seen the doctopus upgrade?Originally shared by Jay Atwood Here is a walkthrough demo of the newest feature of the amazing Doctopus Google Apps Script that our Scripting…
- The Fellowship of Open Spokes: Which Day Are You?We are starting a Youtube Channel dedicated to the idea that a small group of people (ideally 7) can change education forever just by being in a…
- So, I finally got my head around what a Fellowship could look like for those who want to take part in something a…So, I finally got my head around what a Fellowship could look like for those who want to take part in something a little more structured and…
- As I continue to define what Blended Learning means to me, I will be making a bunch of videos on the topic.Here is the first one. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rOYf_NlkRFA//cdn.embedly.com/widgets/p...
- As I continue to define what Blended Learning means to me, I will be making a bunch of videos on the topic. Here is…As I continue to define what Blended Learning means to me, I will be making a bunch of videos on the topic. Here is the first one.…
- Blended Learning is Not a Spectrum.This is the first time I have tried to envision blended learning as a set of ingredients to be blended together rather than a spectrum to…
- Blended Learning is Not a Spectrum. #edchat #reflectivepracticehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rOYf_NlkRFA&feature=autoshare
- Your Identity is PluralI love the digital literacy conversation going on within the #etmooc, but I worry that the conversation around a digital identity is too singular…
- Your Identity is Plural. #etmooc #ReflectivePracticehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ym-luruu6kY&feature=autoshare
- We Should Totally Make Hipster STEM LabsJohn spencer did an amazing blog post on Hipster STEM labs, and why it might be cool to look at older technologies withint the learning…
- There is a pretty amazing discussion going on around “Girls on Youtube”, and if you aren’t following along, please…There is a pretty amazing discussion going on around “Girls on Youtube”, and if you aren’t following along, please take this opportunity to do so.…
- A smiths song how it was meant to be seen and heard.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LfiLV8ZsjmU
- 90 Days of Good.I’m trying to figure out how to tell 90 good stories about the learning going on around me, and I need a bit of help. How do you tell stories of…