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Ben Wilkoff

3,651 posts since 2005. My name is Ben Wilkoff, and I Teach. And Learn. A Lot.

  • 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…
  • Goomoodleikiog: Naming things is importantSo, this came across my tweetdeck today: http://sites.google.com/site/goomoodleikiog/Home It outlines in very specific terms one way of…