In this podcast episode I explore how it is that we communicate about new projects that we are working on. I pose the question of how we defend those new projects, promote good things that are happening within our schools and districts, and how it is that we engage people …
Special thanks to Jay Vean, who made this happen in Cherry Creek. I can’t wait to see more schools adopting this model for their PD. Redesigning Education Through Technology: The EdCamp PD Model: Have a Go Last week my colleagues and I organized a morning of powerful professional learning for …
In this video I explain the basics of Project Cam Opener, an initiative in Denver Public Schools to give 200 teachers and leaders a video creation toolkit, a network of support made up of fellow teachers and leaders, and highly personalized Professional Learning for both using the toolkit and improving …
While it doesn’t actually talk to the Open Badges backpack, I really do like how well integrated it is into Google Apps. I also really like how thorough the how to is. Nice work Mr. Russell! Mr Trussell Maths: How To Create A Student Badge Leaderboard Using Google Apps This …
The planning doc: http://bit.ly/hangoutroundtable Hangout Purpose: The purpose of this roundtable is to explore all of the ways in which Google+ Hangouts can and will transform the collaborations happening synchronously and asynchronously between teachers and leaders around the world. While this tool has only been around for a few years, it …
In this podcast I discuss a tweet shared with me by Andrew Stillman, which he accuses me of having a tenacious verve as a convener of roundtables. I also ask the question as to whether or not we should all have this trait within our schools and districts. http://media.blubrry.com/learningischange/34.136.86.195.nip.io/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/Do-You-Have-A-Tenacious-Verve.m4aPodcast: Play …
I just got my invite, and I really like the idea of creating choose your own adventure videos. It does require a lot of planning, but I really would love to make a “personalized” video experience for some flipped PD. What would you use this platform for? ADVENTR – Interactive …
Thank you so much to everyone who took part today in the Roundtable. It was an mazing discussion! There are three things you can do to keep the conversation going: 1. Keep on using and collaborating within the Planning and Collaboration Doc: http://bit.ly/assessroundtable 2. Submit a reflection for a badge: …
This is a really simple hack that seemingly has absolutely no downside. It allows you to send a picture of your whiteboard notes to an email address and then receive a PDF of them back. Very nice. (The email address is please@make.unwhiteboard.com in case you don’t want to click through.) Generate pdf …
I really like how slick this app is for saving things to google drive. It puts a cute little icon on every image that allows me to save directly to Drive. It is wonderful. Chrome Web Store – Save image & link to Google Drive Ballloon – Save webfiles (image, …