How do you stay current when there is a constant stream of new tech? Should you? Michael I have an unfair advantage in this area. It is part of my job and a deep personal interest to keep up with what is changing in technology. I just like it! In many ways the better […]
Here’s What We’re Reading | Reflection Friday #8
Our favorite techy blogs, authors, podcasts, videocasts and books Chris For me, few things motivate like a good TED Talk, and not even those talks that are focused on ‘education” necessarily. Listening to brilliant minds being brilliant inspires me. As for bloggers try Christopher Pappas and Annie Murphy Paul. Now, for a real mind bender […]
You can’t make me change if I don’t want to! | Reflection Friday #7
How do you make people change and maybe even want to change? Chris – Getting diction-focused, I wish to point out that “make” in the above question immediately created an adversarial context. Further, people cannot be made to change. I choose to refocus the question to, “How do I create the conditions to maximize […]
Why We Love SAMR | Reflection Friday #6
Tech isn’t just a babysitter. Our interview at the 21Century Learning Conference with Ruben Puentedura (Mr. SAMR himself). Chris – I like SAMR because it causes me to reflect on my teaching methods. If what I am doing is effective and efficient, and achieves the learning goals, then I am OK. However, if the […]
Privacy_ Dead or Alive_ _ Reflection Friday #5
When/how do we protect students in a digital world? Chris – Privacy? What is that? No, really, this is a big issue. Some of us simply throw up our hands and accept the “inevitability” of its loss. Would we be so cavalier with our freedoms, our rights? Since privacy is a right implied in the […]
Adding To The Digital Data Dump | Reflection Friday #4
Now that we have the ability to produce content should we? Who wants to hear what you are saying anyway? Should students? Michael- A wise man, Michael Lambert, once told me that students MUST become producers of content and not just consumers. The reality is that in today’s media literate world, and I have […]
Curation Cures Your Need To Check Out Every Edtech Resource | Reflection Friday #3
Chris – Curation sounds like a healing art, and perhaps it is. But I must say that with a caveat. In the spring of 2015 the world generates of 56,000 tweets every 10 … seconds. That’s right, 10 seconds! Over 30,000 hours of video is watch on Youtube in those same 10 seconds. No one […]
Groovin’ On A Friday Afternoon | Reflection Friday #1
Jamie – Does tech actually give us more time? There lots of data that shows us that as a result of advancements in technology we have more time. Tasks that used to take weeks, months or even years, now happen in seconds. All you have to do is think about the difference between sending a […]
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