This past weekend, January 23-25, 2009, approximately 450 educators converged on the Science Leadership Academy for the EduCon 2.1 Conference. This evening, on the “Teachers Teaching Teachers” channel of EdTechTalk, educators who participated in-person as well as virtually in EduCon … Continue reading
This past spring, my family and I took a weekend excursion on the Heartland Flyer AMTRAK train which connects Oklahoma City with Fort Worth. We had a fantastic experience. Although our train ride lasted about six hours, for a trip … Continue reading
High school students from Colorado participating in the “When History Happens” project have been in Washington D.C. this week experiencing the events surrounding the inauguration and sharing some of their perceptions on their official trip blog. Thursday Thomas Prewitt wrote: … Continue reading
Just in time for the U.S. inauguration tomorrow: An iPhone application to view Ustream broadcasts! Hat tip to Michael Arrington. A WiFi network connection is required to use the app. The iTunes description is: A live and recorded video viewing … Continue reading
As Maya Prabhu noted in her October 2008 article for eSchoolnews, “Schools grapple with teachers’ Facebook use,” increasing numbers of educators are creating accounts on and utilizing social networking websites like Facebook. While the issues and questions surrounding teacher to … Continue reading
One of the best things about a blog is the opportunity it can provide for feedback on unanswered questions. One question which arose last year in the 2008 NECC Ning involved the role of vendors in the conversations there. Should … Continue reading
In the 1940s, Everett Rogers published a book titled “Diffusion of Innovations” about the adoption of new technologies in agricultural contexts. Through this research he is credited with devising the “diffusion of innovations curve” and theory which is descriptive of … Continue reading