As part of a course I am taking this semester, I’m exploring the Horizon Project, mostly focusing on their process for coming up with their technologies.  I’ve been having lots of fun exploring the wiki, checking out some of the examples they provide for each of their technologies.  One example of collaboration webs–a technology that […]

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I head to campus to begin another semester.  I am teaching a course called Designs for Technology Enhanced Learning.  I have taught some version of this course to pre-service teachers for the past five years.  It began as a one-credit class that focused on technical skills, but as the students have become more familiar with […]

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Readers of this blog are aware of my interest in promoting open education resources.  Last year, I was a formal member of a Joint Commission on Technology and Science subcommittee related to this topic.  This year, there are no formal members besides the legislators, but the public is encouraged to attend.  The meeting yesterday had […]

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It has taken me nearly two weeks to muster the energy to write this post.  You see, I’m a Unitarian Universalist, and on Sunday, July 27, a gunman walked into the packed Knoxville church and opened fire.  Two died and seven others were wounded.  A letter found in his truck indicated that he harbored hatred […]

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MSNBC reports on Maine’s laptop program, and the news seems to be pretty positive:

Students scored significantly higher on the writing test despite having to write it by hand.
Attendance is up with students reporting that they liked school better since getting the laptop.
Detentions are down.
Teachers are able to make lessons more personal for students.
Teachers report that […]

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I have several blog entries swirling around my head, but since Will Richardson’s post Is My Head (And My Life) In the Clouds was the first one I read this morning (link via Twitter), I’ll start there.  The possibility of living online is something I’ve been thinking and writing about since 2006.  My first post […]

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