TEDxNYED: Here it comes again
Do you remember hearing about TEDxNYED last year? So many great speakers. I spent the evening with friends near 89th Street and couldn’t stop talking about what I had heard, what I had learned. It was worth the flight up from DC that morning. And now we have the opportunity again. To be inspired. To engage with others who have a passion for what they do. Plus, and this is BIG: Will Richardson and Brian Crosby, two of PLP’s own, are speaking! Here are the details so you can make...
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Cross-Posted Phone rings. It’s Saturday, why are they calling me so early? The dogs decide it is time to get up and start my day anyway. I am up, coffee, walk outside, shiver and decide I will come up to the office and learn something. I open my email and there is a message from Seth Godin. It reads… [You're getting this note because you subscribed to Seth Godin's blog.] What are you working on? If someone asks you that, are you excited to tell them the answer? I hope so. If not, you’re wasting away. No matter what your job is, no matter...
read moreYearning, thinking, shifting
Posted in the Bryan cohort’s virtual learning community, this video caught the attention of many in the cohort and prompted some serious thinking. Members grappled with Wesch’s message and the realities of everyday teaching in a standardized testing environment: How do I translate this into higher AP Calculus scores (a test that they must perform rigorous tasks in a very structured environment)? –Mike McCarley With being challenged and changing habits: This was powerful and is basically summing up everything that this technology...
read moreThis Still Has Me Thinking
(I posted this last summer, but it still has me thinking.) The Zotero group started by Wendy Drexler is often where I look for research regarding issues that interest me. Today, I had a focused discussion with a friend on whether teachers’ personalities made them embrace or more resistant to change, especially related to using technology to enhance student learning. (As an aside, I should say I support student-centered, inquiry-based teaching and believe the use of social media offers opportunity for collaborative, global learning. If...
read moreThings He Can’t Teach
Back in 2008, I read Chris Lott’s blog. He stopped writing for a while and then began again. His earlier posts have disappeared, so I can’t direct you to his wise words. But luckily I copied one of my favorite posts he called, “Things I Can’t Teach.” He didn’t mind my sharing then, and I hope he still feels the same. photo © 2008 James Jordan | more info (via: Wylio) That being open to learning often means being challenged, being surprised, being overwhelmed, and being wrong. Sometimes all of these things...
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