Organized Tweeting? Is that a good thing?
Recently I attended Edustat, a national conference held in my school district put on by UVA, my school system and Schoolnet. It was a unique conference experience for me, partly because my...
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Chad Sansing, (@classroots on Twitter) is a brilliant educator in my school division. I have known of Chad for many years (he’s been middle school, I am elementary, so we’ve had little opportunity to...
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If you’ve been reading my blog, you know I’ve had some great opportunities to learn recently. (See What I Did On My Summer Vacation). I’ve also read some great books and am busy trying to assimilate...
View ArticleConversations-wherever they happen!
A couple of weeks ago I wrote about feeling disconnected as school began again, and that resonated with many people in my global PLN. And while I haven’t had as much time as I’d like to participate in...
View ArticleMeeting People, Sharing Stories
Okay, so this afternoon I have been working to figure out what I have to say and after about three hours, I think this blog may turn into two or three like several others have. It’s not that I...
View ArticleFollowing Followers and Thinking
Yesterday, Milton Ramirez, (@tonnet) re-tweeted a comment about inconsistency that intrigued me (which he often does), so I began tracing the conversation back to see the context. Through doing that,...
View ArticleDigital Media Learning Grant
When eleven educators in four school divisions across America build 1:1 Learning Labs containing Livescribe Pens, a FabLab station, and iPod Touches, and have a business partner’s innovative technology...
View ArticleWhy Don’t Schools Have Innovation As An Expectation?
Dear God, I love my PLN. Thank you for giving me this opportunity to learn from some of the smartest people I could ever imagine (besides my brother, Rod, and my friend Becky, of course). And thank...
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