Archive for August, 2011:


The phrase “CIPA compliant content” can be misleading

Cross-posted from Balanced Filtering in Schools. Today at the “Building Human Connections in a Digital World” Educational Technology Conference in Missoula, Montana, I attended Terrisa Metzler’s presentation “Balancing Learning and Security in a Web 2.0 World.” I am very interested in the topics of this presentation because of the Balanced Filtering in Schools project (balancediltering.org),

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iPad Apps for the classroom #blackfootETC

These are my notes from a session on iPad apps presented by SOITA over H.323 video. (I got to this session late and couldn’t say the entire time, but learned some new things. MY THOUGHTS AND COMMENTS ARE IN ALL CAPS. The Elements: A Visual Exploration is a great multimedia periodic table – MY THOUGHT:

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Transformative Personal Connections in a Hyperconnected World #blackfootETC

Since arriving in Missoula a few hours ago, I’ve noticed some slight climatic differences between Montana and Oklahoma this month. Tuesday I’ll be sharing the opening keynote at the 2011 Educational Technology Conference, “Building Human Connections in a Digital World.” Use the Twitter hashtag #blackfootetc to follow the conference the next three days. A number

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