Blahg, Blahg, Blahg…

Don’t throw in the towel.

So little time. So much out there to read, investigate, take in digest. Not enough time.

I’ve been hearing the variations of the comment, “I can’t keep up” a lot lately.

One of my history professors in college told us that during the Renaissance it was humanly possible to read [...]

Kelly, Ashley, and the Human Touch

Last Friday my district had a Superintendent’s Conference Day. Much of the day focused on technology and the promotion of networked learning—using Web 2.0 tools to communicate and learn from those outside our district.
Some of the feedback from the day revealed a concern amongst teachers that online communication is inferior to direct contact. [...]

A look at the Future…

 

The Brighton Teacher Center is very excited to announce the “soft launch” of Avatar. We want to introduce the software to you so you can register for breakout sessions on the March 14th Superintendent’s Conference Day.

This may be the first time many of you are hearing of Avatar. Well, what [...]

What is our first step?

If you read edublogs then you likely have read about EduCon. Chris Lehmann, principal of the Science Leadership Academy, hosted the conference and some of the “big” edubloggers have been reflecting on their experiences for quite a while. Check out these posts for a sampling:
Good Teaching Trumps Everything
Educon 2.0 – What is Student Voice
Picking Up [...]

Are You An “Inny”? Or An “Outty”?

I’ve been thinking some more about this question of if we should establish clear standards in schools for Web 2.0 teaching or let teachers learn on their own, in a much less structured way via their own Personal Learning Communities.
So, I do a little more reading.  It seems my question is c

ouched in a larger [...]