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Technology AND Teaching

I just finished reading Decisive, by Chip Heath and Dan Heath. The book is a helpful guide to overcoming common biases that trip us up when making decisions. One of the biases is that we often see decisions as either – or. Either I will do A or I will do B. The Heaths present [...]

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Free Be Kind Poster

From now until April 30, download this free poster by Peter Reynolds. http://bit.ly/XG9iRq    

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Nostalgia or Progress?

Nostalgia is the enemy of progress is a powerful statement. Note: I have heard the quote attributed to Steve Jobs, but I can’t find a reference online – can anyone confirm the source? Nostalgia is a sentimental longing for the past – often, a past that never existed, since memory tends to blur the less [...]

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Speed Boats and Tug Boats

Last week at the METAA Technology Directors’ Professional Development Day, I heard something that was “just in time” for me. I’m sure you are all well-versed in “just in time learning” where the concept is that the learner’s need is what drives the delivery of information or knowledge. Well, I did not even know I [...]

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Marry the Concept, Not the Tool

I’m in mourning. And I’m a little embarrassed that I am, and why I am. I am going to miss Google Reader, and I am already mourning the loss. Whenever I facilitate professional development workshops and sessions, I advise teachers to marry the concept but don’t get married to the app (or application or web [...]

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BIC HOK TAM

True, so true.

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Low Tech Slide Videos

This is a really interesting post on how to really simply create slide videos – great for flipped classroom. Try it!!   POST

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Digital Age Leadership

In a piece today on Edutopia, School Leaders: Guiding Teachers into the Digital Age,  Anne O’Brien writes about a keynote by Scott Klososky at a recent Ignite Conference. Scott was talking about effective leadership to make the transition to digital learning. There were several good points, but two that I really connected to. “Develop three [...]

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Getting to One to One

I recently invited Matt Brooks and Rick Hampson of Apple Computer to the school district to present and lead a discussion about successful one to one implementations and what factors they see as influencing success. We had a very nice turnout (on a Monday night awaiting a snowstorm) of about 50 people, and there was [...]

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Inspiration – Work

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