Category: schoolreform
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Measuring engagement
Engagement is vital for authentic learning. Without engagement, learners are unlikely to experience “transfer” of ideas, images, and skills from a lesson into their long term memory and schema. On Friday I recorded and shared some thoughts about the implications of the “attention economy” for teaching and learning in the 21st century. One of the…
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Podcast187: Implications of the Attention Economy for Schools (Part 2 of 3)
This podcast is the second of a three part podcast series focusing on a 1997 article published by Michael Goldhaber on “The Attention Economy.” In this episode I explore the first three of six implications I see of the attention economy for schools, teachers, students, and learners of all ages. SHOWNOTES: Michael Goldhaber’s 1997 article,…
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Podcast186: Building Professional Learning Communities with Educators Using Digital Tools
This podcast features is a recording of a featured presentation I shared at the 2007 EncycloMedia Conference in Oklahoma City on August 29th. Professional development is no longer limited by time and space constraints. Conversations and content now accessible via the Internet, the blogosphere, and podcasts are opening up amazing new possibilities for professional development…
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Podcast183: Engagement, Student Participation with Media Technologies, and School Cultural Change by Quyen Arana
This podcast features a recording of Quyen Arana’s keynote address at the 2007 EncycloMedia Conference in Oklahoma City. Quyen is the Associate Director for Technology and Industry Partnerships for the K-20 Center at the University of Oklahoma, and also serves as the Director for the Institute for Biotechnology Partnerships. In the latter capacity, Quyen “serves…
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Shanghai and “What is Learning 2.0”
In a little over two weeks, I’ll be making a trek around the globe I can barely begin to imagine. Even now, having my airline ticket reservations and having my passport in process with the Chinese embassy for a visa application, the reality of this trip is just starting to “hit home.” This “delayed realization”…
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Thoughts on keyboarding and cursive
I’ve published a new post on the TechLearning blog this morning titled, “The new cursive.” Technorati Tags: education, educationreform, school, school2, school20, schoolreform, schools, cursive, keyboarding
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Podcast182: Reinventing School for the 21st Century (Goodland, Kansas keynote)
This podcast is a recording of my keynote address for K-12 educators in Goodland, Kansas, on August 21, 2007. SHOWNOTES: Presentation Slides, Morning and Afternoon workshop audio recordings (unedited) on social bookmarking are also available. Subscribe to “Moving at the Speed of Creativity” weekly podcast Receive an email alert whenever a new Speed of Creativity…
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Future world and local leaders at play
I just love this sign! We saw this today when we drove by our local Campfire camp in Oklahoma City: Camp Dakani. The need for young people to spend unstructured time in natural environments to develop self-confidence and capacities for independent decision-making skills is a key theme in Richard Louv’s book Last Child in the…
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Real versus fake learning experiences
I think many of the activities we do in school could fall into a category I call “fake learning experiences.†A real learning experience is one which either creates new schema (background knowledge) in the mind of learners that is retained in long-term memory, or attaches itself meaningfully to existing schema so it further deepens…
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Podcast175: Strive to Engage Not Enthrall
This podcast is an audio-only ten minute reflection I put together in advance of a workshop on digital storytelling that I’m co-teaching tomorrow in Irving, Texas. My thoughts focus on school 2.0 and why teachers should strive to engage rather than enthrall students in their classrooms. I went through the same four step process of…