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Upcoming workshops at TCEA conference

February 6th, 2012 · No Comments · Web 2.0

I’ll be presenting all this week at the Texas Computer Educator Association conference in Austin (as well as learning at Tuesday’s Edubloggercon and other sessions!) If you are interested in following along here are the presentation topics and times: Tuesday, 1:30 – 2:14 Twitterlution: Changing Advocacy I’ll be talking Twitter, and its role in revolutions, [...]

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Growing an e-book library

January 15th, 2012 · 13 Comments · Web 2.0

Because our school is in the midst of a 1:1 iPad implementation, it became critical to figure out how to deliver “library” books to students, and an e-library seemed an important way to reduce costs for students who might otherwise end up individually purchasing every reading title they need. While our library has been experimenting [...]

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Anatomy of an iPad implementation

January 15th, 2012 · 1 Comment · Web 2.0

One-to-one technology implementations often receive bad press in the media. So it’s been fascinating to be part of a 1:1 iPad implementation at my own school and observe and participate in the process first hand and see the impacts. My recent article in Internet @ Schools summarizes some of my observations. But I will add [...]

“You’re my fireworks”, i.e. the Edublog Awards

December 2nd, 2011 · No Comments · Web 2.0

Every year, participating in the Edublogs Awards is a “time-out” for me to seriously consider sites or online conferences that are influencing my thinking, are influential in our field, are inspiring my own ideas, or are blogs I wish I read more because of their quality. As always, it reminds me of the depth and [...]

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Expanding the notion of backchanneling

November 14th, 2011 · 2 Comments · Web 2.0

At Tech Forum Austin, Paul Wood (Bishop Dunne Catholic School) and I presented “Tapping into the Backchannel”–a session on the variety of ways that backchannels can be used both professionally and in the classroom setting. We spoke specifically about how backchannels can be used by educators as: 1)learners 2)information gatherers 3)presenters (including speakers, principals, board [...]

If you had just one word…

November 8th, 2011 · 1 Comment · Web 2.0

Sometimes, as they say, less is more. We often ask students to expound upon their ideas, add more details to their writing, or explain further. But it’s equally a skill for them to be able to crystallize an idea into one word or image, and it’s an exercise that can challenge them to really think [...]

Chronicling the details: story, mindfulness, and joy

November 6th, 2011 · No Comments · Web 2.0

In their article on Andy Rooney’s passing, CNN.com describes him as someone who “chronicles the particular.” This phrase especially resonated with me after Dean Shareski shared his vision of story in workshops at our high school last Thursday, as well as in his keynote at Tech Forum Austin. His eye for story in the most [...]

Facing the conundrum: reports from the e-book field

October 20th, 2011 · 2 Comments · Web 2.0

I often start my presentations on e-books by sharing a scene from Anchorman, the Will Ferrell movie. In a key scene, two anchor teams from rival channels start to “battle it out.” Just as they are about to begin, another channel’s team shows up and joins the fight, and then another, and another. It seems [...]

To follow the story…

September 25th, 2011 · No Comments · Web 2.0

I’ve started a new blog for our iPad 1:1 Pilot so that we can chronicle in more detail how the project is going. I’ll be posting here as well, but the blog will cover it from the district’s perspective and give more technical details as well. So follow along at EanesWifi for more information!

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iPad Week Two: Going paperless collaboratively?

September 3rd, 2011 · 6 Comments · ipads, Web 2.0

In week two of our iPad pilot, the power (and efficiency) of having a more paperless learning environment is becoming abundantly evident. Students and teachers both are exploring ways to interact paperlessly, using apps and a little ingenuity to do so. And the fact that the iPad is portable enough to be with the students [...]

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