Year: <span>2013</span>

Winston Churchill and Web 2.0 Tools

Web 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 updates. They don’t allow for us to own many of the things we create either. They are, in fact, the worst tools for collaboration that exist, except for everything else that we have tried.

This video makes the case that despite their shortcoming, Read/Write tools are the best way to create and share our work and realize Authentic Learning environments.

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Free Hug Friday

I 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 to hug anyone. And I am selective with my hugs. I withhold them for my family and very close …

The Anti-Change Mentality

What 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 trying to do? How should you go about shifting the conversation from miniature failures to the broader call for successful change?

Seriously, I’m asking.

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Happiness is Parking Further Away From Your Office

I 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 before me. I intentionally parked further away to extend that reflection time. It was wonderful.

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