There is nothing like starting your week off with an e-mail from a teacher that simple says: “Moodle is not working…do you know why?†And then spending the next four days worried that you can’t fix it. It has been one of those weeks that I’ve relied on ‘just in time learning’ and my network of information to help me […]
From George Siemens’ Knowing Knowledge: Change is happening on two levels: …the context in which knowledge occurs, and …the flow and characteristics of knowledge itself. pg. 69 Our society is being restructured to align with knowledge. The barriers, inhibitors, obstacles, and unnecessary structures are giving away to models which permit effective knowledge creating, dissemination, communication, personalization, and flow. pg. 69 […]
I feel sorry really for the 52 people that follow me on Twitter. Sometime Monday our Moodle installation decided that all the users are on a different server and it won’t allow anyone to login. I’ve been twitting it since I started working on the problem 24 hours ago now. It’s been a great outlet for me as I know […]
Man do I ever need this! I spend some time this weekend trying to wrap my head around everything educational that is happening in second life. The more I found, the more I read…the more I felt like life just passed me by. Am I really that far behind? So the SL Best Practices in Education International Conference is set […]
From George Siemens’ Knowing Knowledge: Tools of individuality serve a greater good to society than tools of purely collective traits.pg 56 When we experience knowledge in application, we leave theoretical understanding of knowledge. pg. 56 Our desires and logic are shaped in an orchestra of context: acting and reacting, negotiating and dialoguing. pg. 61 We value what is different more […]
Jim yesterday left a comment that pointed me to this article from the New York Times. Worth a read for you and your parents. Update: My thoughts on this are posted here. [tags]article[/tags] Technorati Tags: NYTimes, Club Penguin
From George Siemens’ Knowing Knowledge: Ultimately, whether online, face-to-face, or blended, learning and knowledge environments need to be democratic and diverse. A critical concept to keep in mind: The network and ecology must both be dynamic and capable of evolving, adapting, and responding to external change. pg. 47 Are our schools, and education in general, in a place that they […]
This is so strange for me to be writing. My first ever article to be actually published in print has come out this month in Technology & Learning. Although I haven’t actually seen the print version yet…others have told me that they actually did print it. I am not a writer and have never claimed to be. In fact I’m […]
Yesterday and today and continuing next week I have been having conversations with the 3rd and 4th graders in our school about cyber saftey and cyber bullying. Our school counselors are talking about it as part of their month focus on personal safety and wellness. I was approached over a candle dinner last weekend by the elementary school counselor who […]
From Tim Lauer: via theonino.com In what Major League Baseball officials are calling a “long overdue correction of a gross oversight,” Commissioner Bud Selig announced Tuesday the discovery that Hall of Famer Hank Aaron had in fact accumulated 50 previously unaccounted-for home runs during his illustrious 22-year baseball career, bringing his once record total of 755 to an even higher […]