Google and the Future of Learning
What has becoming somewhat of a tradition….ok…it’s really just my geek side coming out (yes this would imply I have another side….not sure what…
Category: Random Thoughts
Where do we teach email?
You know how somedays you look through your PLN feeds and you can’t find anything really interesting? That was yesterday for me…but then there…
Institutes and Conferences
As the school year comes to an end….and I know it’s coming to an end because all my teacher friends are busy monitoring, agonizing…
Me and My Dad
(Stories from my side of the field parts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7) He stands next to the car, keys in hand ready to go as the sun…
10 Ways to Use Google Maps in the Classroom
Google Maps has been out for 10 years now. Digital maps…starting with Mapquest has been out since 1996Â (technically 1993 but mapquest was the first…
Eduro Learning: Changing Culture and Minds
There has been a lot going on with my new adventure that is Eduro Learning. Kim Cofino and I, along with 5 others, founded…
Community Trumps Content
I was honored to sit down with Bob Greenberg while in New York recently to talk about my views on technology’s role in education. If…
’15 The Year of Wearable
Each year I like to try and predict what might be the technology that affects us both in our daily lives as well as…
A Day in 2015
It’s 4:45am….I know this because the alarm on my phone softly starts to play its melody slowly getting louder and louder until I roll…
Learning to Read Digital Text
During presentations the comment: “So you think we should do away with all physical books?” comes up from time to time. Do I? When…