While at Alan November’s BLC conference, I had a chance to meet a great educator and blogger from Maine, Bob Sprankle. He’s written a fantastic article for teachers about to kick off the new school year at the PBS Teacher’s site, Media Infusion. Four weeks to getting yourself caught up for 21st century teaching. Check […]
Continue reading →A key tenet to my belief in democratic education is shared learning on a global scale. In this and upcoming posts I’ll be introducing web tools that strengthen this concept (previously, I mentioned Scratch’s website, which would also fall under this category). Having students create and present what they are learning is a highly effective […]
Continue reading →I’ve just taken a glimpse at Metiri Group’s TLINC summary document and their Year Two Midyear Report. The TLINC project was designed to “retain teachers by engaging them in networked professional learning communities.” After consideration of several platforms, NCTAF chose SRI’s TappedIn community. TLINC looks at TappedIn implementation at three sites: Colorado, Memphis, and Seattle. […]
Continue reading →Educational Technology Consultant from Bangalore, India: educatorslog.in. Shuchi is talking about building online communities in India. Shuchi discusses teaching in India…Indian schools are silos. Educator communities are few and far between. Blogging was an answer, but it also is a single medium of communication. Some teachers don’t participate. This doesn’t mean 21st century skills are […]
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