Streaming Thoughts

Learning to Change

May 10th, 2008 · 4 Comments

David Warlick posted the following video this morning. As I began to watch, I was thinking about the simplicity of the black backdrop and the pan and zoom effects involved. As Dean says, design matters, because I was pleasantly surprised to find Dr. Deborah Baker, Assistant Superintendent for Curriculum & Instruction for [...]

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Tags: 2020 Schools · Video · teaching

eXperiencing cOllaboration

January 7th, 2008 · 3 Comments

Friday, I had the opportunity to work explore the XO laptop with Bud Hunt. If you aren’t familiar with the XO you can learn more about it at www.laptop.org and at the OLPC wiki.
We (my wife and I) decided it might be a good idea to contribute to the Give One Get One program [...]

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Tags: OLPC · education

Picture of a 21st Century Classroom

January 2nd, 2008 · No Comments

Thanks to Darren for sharing this via Twitter. When I opened it up I was hit by the resemblance to a classroom of today, only in a 21st Century environment, YouTube.

Image link: http://flickr.com/photos/bcsmith/2159355724/

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Tags: 2020 Schools · Video · Web 2.0 · education · learning