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I can’t think of a better person to finish our Diffusion of Innovations than Mary-Beth Hertz. She is tremendously supportive of other educators and is one of the weekly moderators of #edchat. In addition, she helped put together Ed Camp Philly, one of the best PD experiences in recent memory. Thank you . . . → Read More: Escaping the Echo Chamber
Recently, Christopher Rogers tagged me in a blog post. I was honored for him to mention this blog as one that he reads regularly and I would like to do the same.
The rules of this award: 1– Copy and dis play the pic ture of the award given to you; 2– Link . . . → Read More: Pass It On! Some Great Blogs to Take a Look At Dr. Milton Ramirez is a man I greatly respect. As you will see from his post, he places a great emphasis on research. I originally started talking to @tonnet on Twitter where he is consistently among the most insightful people I know. He seems to be one of the rare people . . . → Read More: Funds and Participation to Move Beyond the Government Policies This year has been immensely rewarding for me. This has been my first year as a school library media specialist. I have given my official resignation to my employers and I finish next Wednesday. I am taking a position in the Northeast because it is both a great opportunity and because it . . . → Read More: The Role of the Librarian
I hope you know how much I appreciate you all taking the time to read this blog. As you may know, I have a lot of changes going on. My wife is due with our second child soon. In fact, tomorrow is her due date. Next Wednesday is my last day working . . . → Read More: Transition
Steven W. Anderson is @web20classroom on Twitter. He is one of the founders of #edchat and blogs at the Web 2.0 Classroom. Initially, I contacted Steven about giving a keynote presentation at the TeachMeet conference I hosted in April without much expectation. He wasn’t following me on Twitter yet, I hadn’t . . . → Read More: It All Starts At The Top I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the messages that we send our students simply by the way we do things. Everything we do in school sends a message to our students, so we need to choose our words and actions carefully. Everything should have a purpose. This year, as the technologically . . . → Read More: Pavlov’s Dogs; Is That What We Call Our Kids?
Debra Gottsled was one of the first people I connected with on Twitter. With the governor of NJ enacting so many policies that will likely hurt NJ students in the long run, it is refreshing to hear someone so forward thinking. She has been a great supporter of this blog and of . . . → Read More: It’s Never Too Late to Teach an Old Dog New Tricks!
Kyle Pace is a pioneering instructional technologist. Professionally, he helps teachers to more effectively integrate technology into their curriculum. He is an influential member of my PLN and a moderator of the weekly #edchat conversation on Twitter. I look forward to meeting him in person when we both are presenting at the . . . → Read More: The Human Element Of Change
This post is written for a guest blog post for series on Socratech Seminars.
Howard Chan asked me to write about the role of the technology department in education. I have written implicitly about this on many occasions both on this blog and on Twitter. In fact, Howard, Keith Bockwoldt, and I . . . → Read More: How Technology Should Support Education |
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