Category: globalvoices
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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…
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Conversations with a flat world worker
Well, I have not yet checked in to the NECC conference yet, but as was the case last week at EduComm, great conversations have already happened that have me thinking differently about several things. I had a chance last night to have dinner and visit at length with a good friend. Pavan worked with me…
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Reinventing PBL
I am a strong supporter of project-based learning and problem-based learning in educational contexts. On Monday before my flight to California, I was interviewed on the phone by Suzie Boss, Executive Editor of The Learning Innovation and Technology Consortium. The sidebar quotation of the LITC is one of my favorites from Margaret Mead: Never doubt…
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The conversation is open
Are the leaders in the edublogosphere “zealots,” as Tim Holt suggests? Are people being intentionally “not invited to the buffet” of conversations out here? Tim poses some good, challenging questions in these posts. Here are a few thoughts. I’ll be curious to read what you think. Ideas. Ideas are what really matter in the edublogosphere.…
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New videos to share with educators
Last night when chatting with Miguel Guhlin about ideas for sharing with and teaching administrators about technology leadership, he shared the following videos I hadn’t seen or considered before. I’ve added these to a new del.icio.us tag I’ve started, presentationvideos. For videos on YouTube and TeacherTube, I’ve added those to my respective favorite playlists. (My…
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Humanizing discussions about immigration and borders
I have been thinking about issues relating to immigration, the politics of borders and walls, the importance of international relationships and friendships, and the responsibility we all have to tangibly promote the causes of understanding and cooperation in our own contexts and spheres of influence. Several events have influenced my thinking lately and precipitated new…
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Choosing forgiveness and grace over hate and revenge
A blog post from Marina Cantacuzino brought The Forgiveness Project to my attention today for the first time, and permitted me to hear the thoughts of people like Desmond Tutu and others who have both been touched by unimaginable hatred and freed from a destructive cycle of bitterness through forgiveness and grace. The following paragraph…
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Podcast143: The Changing Landscape of the Global Digital Divide: Opportunities and Challenges for Teacher Education (Paul Resta)
This podcast features a recording of a keynote address at the SITE 2007 conference in San Antonio, Texas, by Dr. Paul Resta. The title of his keynote was “The Changing Landscape of the Global Digital Divide: Opportunities and Challenges for Teacher Education.” The abstract for this presentation was: Although there has been significant growth worldwide…