Streaming Thoughts

Constructivist Celebration Takeaways

July 5th, 2008 · 7 Comments

It has taken quite awhile for me to really piece together my experience at NECC. I’ll be honest, I’ll still be piecing it together for sometime to come. I went into the conference expecting to meet new people and meet face to face with those I’ve connected with on-line over the past year [...]

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Tags: Conferences · NECC · learning · teaching

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

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