Have I told you recently … ?

Have I told you recently how amazed I am with what we can do with our participatory technologies? Well, I’m still in awe and want to share a short story.
Yesterday I was sitting in a group, waiting for a meeting to start, when one of my colleagues started talking about her upcoming trip to India [...]

Joyce Valenza and the Super Heroes at BLC

Joyce Valenza just posted her man/woman-on-the-street … actually at the Building Learning Communities conference … interviews. She asked folks “Which super power would be most useful in your classroom?”
Here’s the video: http://tinyurl.com/5nxnup
I noticed a few themes – here are some of my thoughts – add yours too.
There was an overall dominance by the idea of [...]

Are you a da Vinci?

I’m reading this book right now and am both surprised and challenged by the first couple of chapters. Gelb has identified seven da Vinci principles:

an insatiable curiosity and quest for continuous learning
a willingness to learn from mistakes as we test our knowledge
a refinement of our senses
a willingness to embrace ambiguity, paradox, and uncertainty
the development of [...]

Collaboration is so cool!

Sharon Peters and I just finished our proposal for NECC 2008. We’re in the midst of designing a study to look at how and why chatcasting (thanks David Jakes)/backchanneling is being used in presentations and lecture-based classrooms. It’s really Instant Messaging for learning.
It was so fun – and will continue to be as we run [...]

The Wonder of Almost-Teachers

I recently was given podcast gifts from my undergraduate/preservice teachers – those students who are completing their coursework leading to a teaching certificate. I’m calling them gifts because it was so special to hear what they are planning on doing in their classrooms.
The assignment was to complete a teaching styles survey (see http://longleaf.net/teachingstyle.html) and a [...]

The ripple effect

I have over 40 students blogging this semester. 36 secondary education preservice teachers, 4 master’s students, and 4 doc students. The undergrads are locating educators’ posts and leaving comments; the grads are focusing on ed tekkers. Thanks to all of you who are responding on your blogs to my students’ comments … it’s a great [...]

Haven’t played tag in years … I’m it and now you are

Well, this is my first game of blogger-tag and I’m pickled tink … thanks Jen Wagner.
Here are the Rules:

Post these rules before you give your facts
List 8 random facts about yourself
At the end of your post, choose (tag) 8 people and list their names, linking to them
Leave a comment on their blog, letting them know [...]

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, [...]

I want you to meet Charlie

Yes, I have someone I want you to meet: Charlie.

So go to http://www.slideshare.net/slgavin/meet-charlie-what-is-enterprise20 and then come back.
Ok, now I’m trusting that you’ve really met Charlie … you haven’t, you just want to see what else I’m going to say. No, come on, click on the link and come back.
What did you think? What terms were [...]

WOW 2.0 Tonight – postponed

Although this webcast has been postponed, I’ll keep the post up. Look for this session on a future Tuesday night WOW2.0.
I was just Skyped by Sharon Peters – I will be joining her and Vince Jansen tonight to talk about professional development on Women of Web 2.0 – here’s the URL for the webcast: [...]