Year: 2007
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A happy iPhone user
I snapped this screenshot during tonight’s skypecast with Devin Henley. Now that’s a happy iPhone user! Technorati Tags: apple, att, iphone, ipod, macintosh
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iPhones are here!
Well, we attended our 7 year old’s performance culminating a week-long theater camp at the University of Central Oklahoma this evening, which precluded my standing in line for an iPhone at a local AT&T wireless store or our Oklahoma City Apple Store. Afterwards we drove by the closest corporate AT&T wireless store in Edmond– at…
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Humility in the face of dynamical and chaotic forces
Today is the 17th straight day of rain here in Edmond, just north of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Our area has not seen rainfall this frequent since the late 1930s. According to today’s AP article, “More Rain Forecast for Texas, Oklahoma:” The National Weather Service on Thursday recorded rainfall in Oklahoma City for the 16th straight…
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All my NECC photos are on Flickr
I’ve uploaded the last of my photos from NECC 2007 in Atlanta to a Flickr set (which I’ve been adding to all week) and also added these to the NECC 2007 Flickr group. Good times! 🙂 Technorati Tags: necc, necc07
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95 Theses for New Millennium Learning
According to the current WikiPedia: The Disputation of Martin Luther on the Power and Efficacy of Indulgences, known as the 95 Theses, (from 31 October 1517) challenged the teachings of the Church on the nature of penance, the authority of the pope and the usefulness of indulgences. They sparked a theological debate that would result…
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Use YouTube to ask U.S. Presidential candidates questions
The Democratic Party in the United States is soliciting questions for upcoming debates between its Presidential candidates via YouTube. If you don’t already have a webcam, get one and record a thoughtful question for DNC candidates via video. Then post it to YouTube. Encourage your own children, young people you know, and students you teach…
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Nuggets from NECC (2)
Wow. NECC 2007 is officially over, and my brain is feeling pretty full. Yesterday was a day full of conversations in the hallways and at the EduBlogger lounge for me (along with my session in the afternoon.) Today was highlighted by several wonderful sessions, more hallway conversations, and a great series of lessons on advanced…
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From “Hand it In” to “Publish it”: Re-envisioning our Classrooms by Will Richardson
THESE ARE MY NOTES FROM WILL RICHARDSON’S SESSION ON WEDNESDAY AT NECC 2007. WILL HAS VERY THOROUGH NOTES ON http://handitinnecc.wikispaces.com/. I’M LIVE BLOGGING THIS AND WILL WRITE “END OF NOTES” WHEN WE’RE FINISHED. I’M RECORDING THIS SESSION AND WILL POST SUBSEQUENTLY AS A PODCAST. The Saturday edubloggercon was a powerful meet-up – it was the…
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Way Beyond Webquests by Gary Stager
I ARRIVED AT GARY STAGER’S “WAY BEYOND WEBQUESTS” SESSION LATE AT NECC 2007, THESE ARE MY NOTES FROM HIS SESSION. GARY IS AN ENERGIZING THINKER AND ALWAYS CHALLENGES ME TO THINK ABOUT LEARNING AS WELL AS TECHNOLOGY IN DIFFERENT WAYS. THIS SESSION WAS NO EXCEPTION TO THIS PATTERN. 🙂 MIT is giving away courseware because…
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I’m on Twitter!
Behold, the power of a cohesive, persuasive group to exert peer pressure and influence others to change their behavior… No, I’m not talking about any type of self-destructive behavior… I’m admitting that thanks to the instruction and encouragement of John Pederson and many other edubloggers in the edublogger lounge at NECC, I’m now twittering! I…