Year: 2007
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Tony Vincent: One of my podcasting “Yodas!”
The conversations at the NECC 2007 blogger lounge and in the hallways have been the highlight of the conference so far for me. The keynote this morning was good, and I’m looking forward to hearing Tim Tyson tomorrow, but it has been SO wonderful to meet face-to-face and discuss / network / joke / laugh…
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Audience reflections on School 2.0
Well, my 2nd day of NECC 2007 is over and it was terrific. I must admit I was nervous to share my session today on school 2.0. Several reasons contributed to this, but the main ones are the scale of this issue/challenge (and who am I to try and address “educational reform” with my small…
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Stellar idea for using social bookmarks to intro / build community
Lucie deLaBruere shared a fantastic idea with me this afternoon about using del.icio.us social bookmarking for helping groups introduce themselves to teach other during teacher professional development workshops. Here are the steps: Setup a new and unique del.icio.us account for your workshop. Share that userid and password with all participants. Ask each participant to post…
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School 2.0 and the Future of School by Tim Manger
THESE ARE MY NOTES FROM TIM MAGNER’S PRESENTATION AT NECC 2007 ON 26 JULY 2007. TIM IS THE DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY FOR THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. AT TIM’S REQUEST I AM NOT GOING TO PODCAST HIS SESSION. Toto, I’ve a feeling we’re not in Kansas anymore (Dorothy Gale) As late…
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School 2.0 and the Future of School by Tim Manger
THESE ARE MY NOTES FROM TIM MAGNER’S PRESENTATION AT NECC 2007 ON 26 JULY 2007. TIM IS THE DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY FOR THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. AT TIM’S REQUEST I AM NOT GOING TO PODCAST HIS SESSION. Toto, I’ve a feeling we’re not in Kansas anymore (Dorothy Gale) As late…
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What do the arts, brain research, and creativity have to do with the emerging face of education? EVERYTHING!
THESE ARE MY NOTES FROM THE NECC KEYNOTE PANEL PRESENTATION ON TUESDAY, JUNE 26, 2007, FACILITATED BY ANDREW ZOLLI. MY COMMENTS AND REFLECTIONS ARE IN ALL CAPS. I AM LIVE BLOGGING THIS, SO CLICK “REFRESH” EVERY 10 MINUTES OR SO FOR UPDATES. WHEN THE SESSION IS OVER I’LL WRITE “END OF NOTES” IN THE BLOG…
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Schools are no longer the knowledge gatekeepers
James Daly, editor in chief of EduTopia, hits the proverbial “nail on the head” with his July 2007 article “Editor’s Note: It’s Time to Catch up to Tech-Savvy Students.” Two key points stand out in my mind. First, our schools have largely not changed although much in our society and economy has thanks to rapid,…
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Your ideas on school 2.0?
I’m presenting tomorrow at 2 pm here at NECC in Atlanta with Katie Beedon on the subject of School 2.0. Our session is titled “Reinventing Education for the 21st-Century (Designing School 2.0)” and the description reads: This presentation shares this vision for Designing School 2.0 and offers suggestions for how civic leaders can move toward…
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Nuggets from NECC (1)
Well, the first day of NECC for me was great! It is too bad, however, that so many groups scheduled their parties for Monday night. I attended an AT&T function, but there were also events sponsored by Apple, Google, and TechLearning. I wish I could have attended them all! The Google one is still going…
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Reinventing Project-Based Learning: Your Field Guide to Real-World Projects in the Digital Age
THESE ARE MY NOTES FROM THIS SESSION AT NECC 2007. MY THOUGHTS ARE IN ALL CAPS. By Suzie Boss and Jane Krauss (the session title is other teachers from Ankara, Turkey and London, England We decided a few years ago we wanted to bring together all the things we’ve learned and seen with project based…