Year: 2007
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Podcast 149V: Reflections on Global Collaboration from Lake Michigan
This video podcast was recorded from the eastern shore of Lake Michigan on April 20, 2007, following the Connecting and Collaborating Conference sponsored by Ottawa Intermediate Schools in Holland, Michigan. In this podcast I reflect on the nature of global collaboration, metaphors of waterways to digital highways, and the importance of leadership in identifying needs…
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Images of Chicago
I’m catching up on some photo uploading to Flickr this evening. Among the images I uploaded tonight is a series I photographed in Chicago on Saturday, April 21st following the Connecting and Collaborating conference in Holland, Michigan. What a spectacular day in the windy city! Highlights of the day for me were definitely visiting the…
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TCEA 2008 preso deadline tomorrow
If you are interested in presenting at the 2008 Texas Computer Education Association’s annual conference in Austin (scheduled for Feb 4-8, 2008) you have until tomorrow (1 May 2007) to submit your proposal! Yikes! I submitted proposals for sessions on “Digital Music Creation: Engage, Inspire, Have Fun!” and “Welcome to the Global Education Conversation!” I…
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Collaboration in schools: More reasons we need it
Not everyone is going to be lucky enough to work for an innovative and wildly successful (at least in financial terms) company like Google. Despite that fact, Google’s success and the managerial philosophy of its leaders provide worthwhile object lessons to which more people in business as well as education should pay attention. The May…
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Let’s ask teachers to rethink assessments
Life is generally lived as an “open note” experience. Schools need to focus on preparing students for life, not just for academic tests conducted under artificial conditions that bear little resemblance to the real world outside academia. In line with this idea, rather than banning iPods, cell phones, laptops, and other types of technologies schools…
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Building 21st Century Learners by Kevin Honeycutt
These are my notes from Kevin Honeycutt’s presentation at KSDE2007. Kevin is one of the most creative, enthusiastic, dynamic and inspirational educators I have ever met. I’m recording his presentation for subsequent publication here as a podcast. Check out his website on http://kevinhoneycutt.org. If you are looking for a dynamite conference presenter that has more…
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The Monroe Doctrine: Effective Practices that Create Excellent Schools
My notes from Dr. Lorraine Monroe’s keynote at the KSDE conference on 4-26-2007 in Wichita, Kansas. That is what we are all about in this room: The cultivation of children Never ask me to follow a kids’ act. It is too hard! Good morning, I’ve already run out of time. Thank you for having me…
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Thoughts on educational quality, test scores and the arts
I’m attending and presenting at the KSDE Conference in Wichita, Kansas again today. This morning the opening comments were shared by Dale Dennis, the Interim Commissioner of Education for the state of Kansas. Here are some of my notes from his commentary: Kansas education has never been better. Our graduation rate is around 90%. Our…