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What did you learn today?

June 26th, 2008 · No Comments

Ok, I am really think that I should be asking what did you learn this week… but my brain is having time issues right now.  Let me give you a bit of background.  About 3 months ago, a colleague of my and I decided to offer a summer in-district course on Web 2.0… after [...]

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Tags: blogging · convergence · learning · staff development · teaching · web 2.0

"In the Cloud" Expanded - Part II RSS Aggregators

March 29th, 2008 · 1 Comment

In this post I will be expanding on the category of RSS I started in this post. Really Simple Syndication (RSS) is a tremendous way to simplify your processes in searching and gathering information. I know that I could hunt for words to describe an RSS Aggregator but Lee Lefever from Common Craft really sums [...]

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Tags: RSS · convergence · disruption · learning · teaching · web 2.0

Internalization vs. Utilization

March 28th, 2008 · 9 Comments

While I was off on a different tangent a few weeks back, I had a chance to spend a couple of minutes talking with David Jakes about a couple of different subjects, but one thing that he said that really resonated with me was that teachers needed time to internalize technology before they begin [...]

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Tags: Paradigm Shift · convergence · disruption · learning · staff development · teaching · web 2.0

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