thinking about education
NOTE: This is a cross post from my mostly about reading blog In One Place. But the ideas about science are important for educators as well.
There are moments when reading and real life come together. Not to be too dramatic: but now is one of those times. As oil spews into the [...]
I spent most of yesterday online with educators, exploring the meaning of community. Several hours were spent in Elluminate as part of Powerful Learning Practice’s ongoing professional development program. From there, I moved to Second Life for VSTE’s weekly meeting where we explored educational groups. We ended the evening with a snowball fight and, as [...]
I finished Clay Christensen’s Disrupting Class: How Disruptive Innovation Will Change the Way the World Learns a couple days ago and have been trying to put my reactions into some sort of order since. I’m not sure I have done that yet, but comments from a few folks in my aggregator have helped a bit. [...]
I tend to be a loner. I like to do things on my own, including learning. Given a choice, I would always choose to work alone on a project or learning activity. I’m comfortable in my own company. Working from home has only exacerbated that tendency.
But, yesterday, as I headed out to vote and then, [...]