This is an audio version of a video podcast recorded from the eastern shore of Lake Michigan on April 20, 2007, following the Connecting and Collaborating Conference sponsored by Ottawa Intermediate Schools in Holland, Michigan. In this podcast I reflect on the nature of global collaboration, metaphors of waterways to digital highways, and the importance
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This video podcast was recorded from the eastern shore of Lake Michigan on April 20, 2007, following the Connecting and Collaborating Conference sponsored by Ottawa Intermediate Schools in Holland, Michigan. In this podcast I reflect on the nature of global collaboration, metaphors of waterways to digital highways, and the importance of leadership in identifying needs
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I’m catching up on some photo uploading to Flickr this evening. Among the images I uploaded tonight is a series I photographed in Chicago on Saturday, April 21st following the Connecting and Collaborating conference in Holland, Michigan. What a spectacular day in the windy city! Highlights of the day for me were definitely visiting the
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If you are interested in presenting at the 2008 Texas Computer Education Association’s annual conference in Austin (scheduled for Feb 4-8, 2008) you have until tomorrow (1 May 2007) to submit your proposal! Yikes! I submitted proposals for sessions on “Digital Music Creation: Engage, Inspire, Have Fun!” and “Welcome to the Global Education Conversation!” I
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Not everyone is going to be lucky enough to work for an innovative and wildly successful (at least in financial terms) company like Google. Despite that fact, Google’s success and the managerial philosophy of its leaders provide worthwhile object lessons to which more people in business as well as education should pay attention. The May
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Life is generally lived as an “open note” experience. Schools need to focus on preparing students for life, not just for academic tests conducted under artificial conditions that bear little resemblance to the real world outside academia. In line with this idea, rather than banning iPods, cell phones, laptops, and other types of technologies schools
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This podcast features a recording of Kevin Honeycutt’s presentation on April 26, 2007, at the Kansas State Department of Education (KSDE) annual conference, “Know the Child, Optimize Learning” in Wichita, Kansas. The title of Kevin’s session was “Building 21st Century Achievers.” The conference program description was: We all teach kids and try to prepare them
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Podcast148: Building 21st Century Achievers (Kevin Honeycutt) [ 58:25 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (2835)This podcast features a recording of my spotlight presentation on April 26, 2007, at the Kansas State Department of Education (KSDE) annual conference, “Know the Child, Optimize Learning” in Wichita, Kansas. The title of my session was “Copyright, Liability, Cyberbullying and Social Networking.” The conference program description was: Legal issues relating to technology are not
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This podcast features a recording of the keynote address by Dr. Lorraine Monroe on April 26, 2007, at the Kansas State Department of Education (KSDE) annual conference, “Know the Child, Optimize Learning” in Wichita, Kansas. The conference program description of her session is: Dr. Lorraine Monroe, President and CEO of The Lorraine Monroe Leadership Institute
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Podcast146: The Monroe Doctrine: Effective Practices that Create Excellent Schools (Dr. Lorraine Monroe) [ 1:28:00 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (3033)
These are my notes from Kevin Honeycutt’s presentation at KSDE2007. Kevin is one of the most creative, enthusiastic, dynamic and inspirational educators I have ever met. I’m recording his presentation for subsequent publication here as a podcast. Check out his website on http://kevinhoneycutt.org. If you are looking for a dynamite conference presenter that has more
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My notes from Dr. Lorraine Monroe’s keynote at the KSDE conference on 4-26-2007 in Wichita, Kansas. That is what we are all about in this room: The cultivation of children Never ask me to follow a kids’ act. It is too hard! Good morning, I’ve already run out of time. Thank you for having me
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I’m attending and presenting at the KSDE Conference in Wichita, Kansas again today. This morning the opening comments were shared by Dale Dennis, the Interim Commissioner of Education for the state of Kansas. Here are some of my notes from his commentary: Kansas education has never been better. Our graduation rate is around 90%. Our
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I spent most of the day both Monday and Tuesday this week teaching and learning from about 150 5th and 6th grade students at Winding Creek Elementary School in Moore, Oklahoma, which is just south of Oklahoma City. Our topic was Internet safety and guidelines for being safe online. I shared a couple videos with
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Yes, it’s coming again in October 2007 – another outstanding professional development opportunity that can go on and on… The K-12 Online Conference! Sheryl Nussbaum-Beach posted a great summary of the conference and review of what took place last year on her blog, I’d encourage you to read it. Note that Frost and Sullivan just
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Eric Langhorst has posted a great video to TeacherTube explaining his book blog project on “Guerrilla Season.” We need more teachers modeling and sharing their best practices with teaching via TeacherTube like Eric has done! I think we’re only getting glimpses of the power of these digital teaching resources. Great work Eric and students in
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I hesitate to post this because I really don’t want to invite anyone’s ire, but I think with all the discussions and focus going on now about different Ning networks this is something people need to be aware of. When you receive a “friend request” on Ning, beware of what other networks the person has
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Ian Jukes was probably the first person at an educational technology conference to really open my eyes to the power and potential of the digital world. I think I first attended the TCEA conference in 1997, and that was the first year I heard Ian speak. The most recent time was in June 2005 at
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I continue to try and use a wide variety of read/write web tools, but at some point (and I’m not entirely sure how I arrive at this decision) I decide to “invest” in different web services and resources. Examples of these include del.icio.us, which I use literally every day I’m online to process and save
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The April 2007 issue of “High School Sports Magazine” for Central Oklahoma has an article about Morgan Chambers, the most dominant female high school golfer in the state. I play golf but certainly don’t claim to play the game well: Generally my best golf games are the ones when I’m not keeping score and just
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We need to focus more on encouraging the development of empathy in our own lives and the lives of learners with whom we live and work. Mary Gordon has founded the remarkable “Roots of Empathy” project in Canada which: …is an evidence-based classroom program that has shown dramatic effect in reducing levels of aggression and
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