I want to thank the four conveners, Darren Kuropatwa, Sheryl Nussbaum-Beach, Dean Shareski, and Wes Fryer, the 40 teams of presenters, and all of the unnamed volunteers who gave of their time and energy to put together the K12 Online Conference this year. While the conference has not ended yet (as of this posting), I [...]
Entries from October 31st, 2008
A Huge Thanks to the Conveners and Volunteers at K12Online
October 31st, 2008 · No Comments · k12online08
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Rethinking Professional Development
October 31st, 2008 · 2 Comments · teaching and learning
I have been thinking about how we deliver technology professional development at our school. There are currently two goals that we are trying to accomplish:
Making sure teachers are aware of new tools so that they can become competent users of technology for themselves.
Making sure teachers can use these tools to enrich and transform their classroom [...]
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K12 Online Conference Starts Today
October 20th, 2008 · No Comments · 21st Century Learning, k12online08
One of the most transformative conferences for me, over the past two years, is the K12 Online Conference (k12onlineconference.org). It began last Monday, with the posting of the Stephen Heppell’s keynote conversation, “It isn’t the 20th Century Anymore, So Why Should We Teach Like As Though it Was“. Some of you heard refered to as [...]
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The Harkness Classroom for the 21st Century
October 15th, 2008 · No Comments · 1:1, teaching and learning
Over the past six months, we have been investigating several converging ideas:
Campus Wide Long Range Space Planning
Questioning of Schedule and Time in all three of our divisions
Discussion of the role of technology – tablets, laptops, projectors, network, and services to support learning
These conditions are converging, suggesting that we are nearing a near perfect storm that [...]
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Web 1.5 + Inspiration = Potentially Great Product
October 15th, 2008 · 1 Comment · k12online07, teaching and learning
One of the tools that I have and enjoyed is Inspiration. I have used this product since 1989, when a forward thinking local school system purchased it for its teachers and I had to train them on how to use it. I have always been a visual thinker, which is one of the reasons that [...]
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