Today I will be working with a group of students at Ute Meadows Elementary on the idea of creating and tending their Digital Legacy (or what some people call their a Digital Footprint or Digital Identity). Here are the lesson plans for just such an event: Write-on: Types of Digital …
I believe in learning all the time, but there are definitely some things that I know nothing about (but would like to some day). I hope to cross things off of this list, but for now they remain: Player pianos – how they work and why they aren’t more readily …
I had the unique opportunity to talk with Kevin Honeycutt about his amazing unconference, Podstock. Please listen and know the movement that he is working for (and that we may be all working for in our different ways). Show notes: We wanted to create an Edubloggercon for Podcasters We wanted …
I was asked to give a presentation on Social Networking for Non-Profits and more specifically, facebook, and so here is my best shot at a number of resources that get at the core of this subject. The unavoidable Common Craft video on Social Networks A summary of a bit of …
Image via Wikipedia Because of my deep love of words, I have always been very excited by unique writing projects (such as NanoWriMo and Myths and Legends), but this one is by far the best thing I have seen in a very long time. If you haven’t seen 1,000,000 Monkeys …
Image via Wikipedia I believe that I have been looking for this capability for a solid year, but I was only able to figure it out today. It can be described most easily as: Converting a folder of html files into a format that can be edited and manipulated by …
I never realized just how important community was to me until my wife and I asked our best family friends to come and live with us while they are saving up to buy a house. For many years I have written about online communities as being an essential part of …
Image by The Library of Congress via Flickr I had a meeting today that brought together a lot of different people who are all involved in making sure that the adults in our school district are supporting the kids in our school district (via PD and resource gathering). The most …
Image via Wikipedia Where I to be totally honest with myself: I would stop whatever I am doing and find the nearest classroom to teach in. I would continually say to those that ask for my advice on such matters that I have never taken nor taught an online-only course. …
One of the consistent complaints (and most often heard form of resistance to using open source software) about Moodle is that it lacks any formal support structure. While there is a great community over at Moodle.org, there isn’t anyone that you can call in the middle of the night when …