Year: 2007
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Schools need to respond to the technological power play
According to Wiktionary: In ice hockey, a team is on power play when it has a numerical advantage on the ice due to one or more penalties given to the opposing team. In most U.S. K-12 schools teachers, administrators and parents are continually struggling against a “technological power play” which exists on at least two…
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Two great podcast presentations from TCEA 2007
I was delighted to learn this evening that both the presentation of Lynn Burmark (of The Thornburg Center) titled “They laughed when I told them how I beat stress!” and Jamey Osborne’s presentation “Creative Commons: Escape the Hassles of Copyright Infringement” from TCEA 2007 are available online via the Apple Learning Interchange. (Thanks Tim Wilson!)…
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Oklahoma blogger
I am very stoked! After waiting about 2 months, my personalized Oklahoma license plates have arrived! 🙂 I had waited till my Texas plates expired in March to register my 4Runner in Oklahoma. State law requires personal license plate holders to also carry in their vehicle their original, state-assigned license plate. Unlike Texas, which has…
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Addressing the educator digital knowledge divide
I’ve published some new thoughts on the TechLearning blog in a post titled, “Reasons to explore Second Life.” Technorati Tags: secondlife
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Lessons learned from high school students enrolled in the Texas Virtual School
These are my notes from Jose E. Losoya’s presentation at the ESC 1 Tech Conference in South Padre Island, Texas, on May 16, 2007, titled “Problems Solved, Lessons Learned and What Else Can Go Wrong?” Father Losoya gave me permission to record and share his presentation as a podcast, which I will subsequently post here.…
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Time to motivate tomorrow’s aerospace engineers is today
The May 14, 2007 edition of our local Edmond Sun newspaper carried an article on page 2 titled, “Aerospace fueling economy.” (I can’t find a link to the actual article online, unfortunately.) Several things from the article stood out for me. Aerospace engineering jobs are very important in Oklahoma. According to the article: The aerospace…
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Podcasting by Mark S. Hudson (Pearson Achievement Solutions)
These are my notes from a presentation on podcasting by Mark Hudson with Pearson Achievement Solutions. Pearson is partnered with Dell Computer’s K-12 Education division. Mark presented this at the ESC1 Technology conference in South Padre on 5-16-2007. MY COMMENTS OR REFLECTIONS ARE IN ALL CAPS. How are today’s learners different from learners 20 years…
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Webheads in Action Online Convergence
If you’re looking for a great opportunity to learn more about online collaboration and blended digital learning later this month, consider virtually attending and participating in the WiAOC 2007: Webheads in Action Online Convergence conference. The event starts this Friday and runs May 18-20, 2007. A complete schedule is available. Scheduled keynote speakers will include…
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Roads of Learning in the 21st Century (v 1.0)
Last night I finished editing a fifteen minute video I’ve been planning for several weeks. It is titled “Roads of Learning in the 21st Century,” and extends the metaphor of “learning on the rails” and “taking sidetrips for learning” shared by David Warlick in his preconference keynote address (in video form) for the 2006 K-12…
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Idyllic life in the Shire
I had the great pleasure of reading and sharing the final three chapters of “The Return of the King” by J.R.R. Tolkien with my son today. This marked the end of a multi-year journey we have been on together, mostly reading before bedtime at least a couple of times per week. Last night (since we…