Jeff Utecht on July 2nd, 2009

I’m about an hour away from heading back to Spokane (and yes back to farming) from Washington DC and the NECC conference and just had a great back channel chat session where like many conversations ideas start to come and before I know it….I have to think through a couple things.
In the back channel we [...]

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Jeff Utecht on July 1st, 2009

As Day 2 of the conference gets started I’m sitting here in the Blogger’s Cafe reflecting on Day 1.
As usual I spent most of my time at the Blogger’s Cafe chatting with new and old friends alike.
I did go to one session yesterday. Scott McLeod’s session on disruptive innovations.
Now I went to the session [...]

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Jeff Utecht on June 28th, 2009

Last year I was pretty critical of EduBloggerCon. For me it was too big, too scripted, and…well…you can read the post.
This year….smaller, deeper, and more thoughtful. Exactly what I was hoping for and personally what I need to push my own thinking. It was one of those days where you went to one but [...]

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Jeff Utecht on June 27th, 2009

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Jeff Utecht on June 27th, 2009

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Jeff Utecht on June 25th, 2009

NECC is just a few days away which means the chatter is getting louder. I always love listening and reading first timers to NECC. It will be my fourth NECC and I’m looking forward to the conversations…always the best part!
As it gets closer I’m starting to set up my computer to best follow the conversation [...]

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Jeff Utecht on June 25th, 2009

(Full Disclosure: I am the Educational Ambassador for Wetpaint.com)
Last Friday I was invited by Wetpaint to stop by their Seattle office for a “show and tell” session as well as discuss how the educational site was running and the needs of educators who use Wetpaint.
The Show and Tell was fun as each department showed off [...]

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It took a good 10 hours in stores and on the phone with different support technicians to get it all sorted out. But I do finally have a data plan on my unlocked iPhone (completely legal from Thailand). It’s not the way I wanted it, and I’m completely frustrated but I’ll hit NECC with a [...]

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