Year: 2007
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ISDN and the value of instructional technology coaches
The formal definition of ISDN (Integrated Services Digital Network) on WikiPedia is: …a circuit-switched telephone network system, designed to allow digital transmission of voice and data over ordinary telephone copper wires, resulting in better quality and higher speeds than that available with the PSTN system. In the real world of educational classrooms, however, some observers…
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Needed leadership qualities
I attended a meeting awhile back and took the following notes, under the heading “leadership qualities and abilities we need to cultivate in more folks.” The key to good leadership is being able to KNOW and WORK WITH diverse groups of people effectively. Leaders need to be able to learn and “take in” details about…
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It is NOT the iPod’s Fault
There has been a lot of news lately about students cheating in the classroom by using an iPod. Enough news, that even my school got on board and just recently has banned the use of iPods. And I am chagrined and saddened. Below, you will find a copy of the letter I will be giving…
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Do you need a Second Life??
I will admit that I was (am still am) a bit skeptical about Second Life. It is NOT yet easy on the resources (I had to upgrade to 1gb of RAM and a new video card just to have it run on my pc – (grins) but my mac needed no upgrades), I was harassed…
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Celebration of Collaboration
First off, I would like to say “Thank you†to Wes Fryer for trusting me with his blog over the next few days. Anything said in the next few days are my thoughts and observations only – and do not necessarily reflect the views or opinions of the original blog owner!! (Smiles – I had…
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Welcome Jennifer Wagner!
I’d like to welcome Jennifer Wagner to author’s chair here on Moving at the Speed of Creativity! Jenn will be guest blogging here for the next few days. 🙂
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New Flickr Quickstart
I created a 3 page QuickStart guide for Flickr for our Oklahoma Digital Centennial project training today. I linked this from my “Powerful Blending” workshop curriculum on web 2.0. As with all my other online educational technology workshop curricula, this is shared under a Creative Commons Attribution-Only license, so feel free to use this and…
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Whole lotta testin’
Sad. true. Thank goodness our state assessment tests are finished here in Oklahoma for the year. We need to find a way to have teachers teach and students learn in the FUN and ENGAGING ways they are now that the tests are over ALL through the year. Maybe we should start that needed process by…
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Creative Commons quickstart
Educause has published a great two page PDF document summarizing “7 Things You Should Know About Creative Commons.” Good resource to share with teachers. Via Rob Mancabelli.
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Need for transparency and full disclosure, egalitarian access to edublog conversations
I had time this morning driving to Enid, Oklahoma, (for another round of Oklahoma Digital Centennial facilitator training) to listen to EdTechTalk #76 from April 27th, which focused on recent discussions about the value of Ning social networks versus blogs, the egalitarian or elitist nature of the edublogosphere, and the importance of transparency in fully…