My New Office

Here’s the 5th Avenue Coffee Company where we’ve set up shop while we’re in Naples. It’s really nice: quiet, wifi, and power – what else is there?
I just finished grading my Distance Learning students’ work. They were required to create their own online course and some of them really went to town. About 5 of [...]

Podcasting on Podcasts

One of the assignments I’ve had my students complete for years is critiquing professional products: articles, books, etc. I’ve expanded that in the past couple of years to include podcasts and webcasts. This term, however, I’ve added their production to the mix. They have the choice (at least for now) to complete their critique as [...]

Suggestions for New Teachers

Susan Manning, of the Green Room in the Learning Times Network, asked for suggestions for new teachers. Here’s my response.
My tip is, be ready for the unpredictability of the classroom. It doesn’t matter what level you teach, whether your classes are online or f2f, what the discipline, it will always be unpredictable. So be ready [...]

Connection is not enough

Dr. Tim Tyson from Mabry Middle School said it, we need to be doing more than just connecting … we need to be contributing. So the mantra continues … collect, connect, collaborate, contribute … I’ll be thinking through this one for a while.
My memento from NECC will help me:

It’s true, I snagged it – I [...]

David Warlick … nothing left to say, he said it all

David Warlick is my blogging and education hero – he sets such a good example:

He’s a gentleman; a really nice guy even though he doesn’t have to be. He’s popular enough to be a jerk and folks would still bring him in to talk … he’s not even close to being a jerk … a [...]

Mobile, Digital, Ubiquitous: Solutions for Learning with Handhelds

I saw Julie Lindsay’s name and had to go to this one. I’ve made the decision to focus on what our international colleagues are doing with technology. I’ve seen and heard most of what Americans are saying … more importantly, I’m taking up the charge to become more global.
So, here are my notes from this [...]

My notes on the Global Connections and Flat Classroom Ideals in a Web 2.0 World session.
Vicki Davis and Julie Lindsay connected first through the 2006 K-12 Online Conference. Vicki had her students blog on Friedman’s CQ + PQ > IQ – Vicki commented on their posts. Julie contacted Vicki and said “Wouldn’t it be interesting [...]

My Notes from Expanding the Circle

Here are a few unorganized notes – from the first Edubloggercon break out session: Expanding the Circle
Web 2.0 is transformative – engagement has increased
Need to teach teachers how to use the tools before they can use it with their students. How do we help them get into it? Do we need to? Addresss all the [...]

Atlanta will never be the same

After 11 hours in the car, we arrived at our hotel – ready to take a nap. So we unpacked, checked email and courses, and checked out the area. We found a health food store and restaurant – something we both miss since we left California. We had done our homework and found a local [...]

Calling all friends

I had a great time, once again, listening to the Women of Web 2.0 webcast Tuesday night. But before it started, I checked my Skype and saw that my friend Anne Baird was online, so I asked her if she was going to listen to WOW2.0. It’s important to know that I live in Illinois, [...]