Learn by Doing

Today, someone will come to you with an idea and will ask, “Can we do it?  You will be reading an article about a new technology and suddenly you will have a great idea about how that technology can be implemented in your school, but will you do it? Any time we consider a new [...]

Along for the Ride

Coming out of ISTE 2010, perhaps wondering if we need evolution or revolution is too presumptuous of us in education.  We live in times of incredible not incremental change and I think that changes around education actually (and as scary as it sounds)  impact us in education  more than the changes we ourselves are  attempting  within education.  I think all any educator can hope to [...]

ISTE’s Closing Keynote – Jeff Piontek

Disclaimer – I voted for Chris Lehmann and was disappointed that he didn’t get it.  I had (just like a lot of people) no idea who Jeff Piontek was.  I sincerely hope that ISTE retains and expands the format of the voting for the keynote and makes the whole thing more transparent. First, let’s be [...]

My TEDxDenverEd Experience

This was my second TED experience having been to the one for educators in NYC.  I think the way I look at TEDxDenverEd is very different the second time around;  I know what it is and what it isn’t. Three excellent reviews of TEDxDenverEdxDenver were: http://davidwees.com/content/participating-TEDxDenverEdxdenvered-tonight http://edtechworkshop.blogspot.com/2010/06/few-thoughts-after-ted.html http://papergraders.blogspot.com/2010/06/elephant-in-room-at-tedx-denver-ed.html I definitely think TED is a day [...]