This is an amazing idea in progress for learning about google apps and making it into a habit within your learning…
This is an amazing idea in progress for learning about google apps and making it into a habit within your learning…
Author: Ben Wilkoff
What I'm Reading: A Massively Important Post on the History and Future of MOOCs
This is about what MOOCs could be if we let them. It is about learning. It is about us. All of us, individually and together. Half an Hour: The MOOC of One The MOOC of One I want to talk about the MOOC of one. What I mean by that …
I’m watching Jennifer Maddrell, Jeff Lebow, dave cormier, and John Schinker think about getting EdTechTalk back…
I’m watching Jennifer Maddrell, Jeff Lebow, dave cormier, and John Schinker think about getting EdTechTalk back…
I’m watching you on the EdTechSomething live stream. So awesome to see! Is there an event page for it?
I’m watching you on the EdTechSomething live stream. So awesome to see! Is there an event page for it?
What I'm Using: BuzzSumo for finding amazing links shared around your PLN.
I have found searching on BuzzSumo to be highly useful for finding the latest information being shared around your social networks. Since there is no such thing as “catching up” on your reading, the best I can do is learning with others. I am finding that this kind of research …
I think this conversation is so important. We can’t let our communities become #linktoilets.
I think this conversation is so important. We can’t let our communities become #linktoilets.
What I'm Learning: Creating Pivot Tables in Google Sheets
This is a really great presentation and video that finally got me to understand the ways in which you would create and use pivot tables. Thanks, Alice Keeler. How to Create a Pivot Table to Summarize Student Information | Teacher Tech Pivot tables are an incredibly powerful tool for summarizing …
What I'm Using: Oppia – Online Learning that is about Exploration
I’m really intrigued by the deeper learning that can happen when the learning process is iterative, as it is in these explorations. This open source project was initiated by Google, so there may be more development afoot. I’m particularly keen on the idea of adaptive questions and co-creating these explorations. …
What I'm Learning: Failed Sharing is a Thing.
I really love this post about how sharing comes with responsibility. The responsibility is to credit a creator or provide a context for what you have shared. My biggest connection to this work is the idea that “the people” are just as important as “the things” we share. Without the …
What I'm Learning: 2 Minute PD
This is one of my favorite blog posts of the last few months. It really digs into why the current state of PD is so poor, but also moves beyond it. It suggest that we might all do better to create 2 minute PD videos that we share and use …