Yesterday in our cohort reflecting session we talked a lot about 1:1 programs. Everyone trying to figure out what works, what doesn’t, where to start, and the questions go on and on.
I do think we can learn from each other as schools continue to strive to use technology at a true learning tool in the [...]
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OK…so this is interesting and thought I’d share:
First if you don’t know what Twitter is or are just baffled about it watch this short video:
Now that we got that out of the way. Let’s see how it’s being used at this conference. There’s about 9 people here at the conference who are twittering their thoughts, [...]
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“I’m so glad we’re talking about education”
At least three people told me this today….and go figure at an educational conference we talk education. During the IT Directors Job-A-Like we talked tools…which is where that conversation belongs. But in the sessions we need to be focused on education, on student learning and on creating [...]
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The topic of failed R&D projects in today’s IT job-alike got me thinking. First, I thought it was a great idea to share experiments that didn’t work and reflect on why. I found the mention of unsuccessful internal social networking efforts especially interesting as I have been pondering whether to test an internal Drupal system to [...]
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When is it ever the “best time” to get going on a 1:1 program at your school? Nashworld blog article mentions the “filter of your current position” and this is a very interesting aspect – we all have different agendas at play (Bambi Betts once mentioned that schools are less about learning and more about [...]
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Thank you for joining me on this adventure of learning that we will experience together at the EARCOS Admin Conference in just a few days from now. As a cohort we will discuss, learn and hopefully create some ideas that you can take back with you to use at your schools as we wrap our [...]
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