Blog Juice for Educational Technology

Konrad Glogowski has an amazing post today about his grade 8 students’ blogging experiences, and it’s one that should be trumpeted far and wide in this community. Imagine being a part of this:
My community of grade eight student bloggers became so big and so engaging that I spent every spare moment reading and writing within […]

So does anyone else get a little freaked when the whole Google kingdom seems to be offline as it is at 6:30 am EST?
Or is it just me?

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So, using David’s questions about blog assessment, here is how I might assess this post as I write it (with some commentary on the questions along the way.)
1. What did you read in order to write this blog entry? Yee Haw! Blogging starts with reading, and I read David’s post, which leads me to blogging. […]

Yesterday, the measures intended to maintain “Net Neutrality” failed in the Senate Commerce Committee, meaning it looks like the bill to change Internet access pricing will be headed toward a full senate vote. If passed, telecom companies will be able to create a two-tiered system of Internet access based on how much you can and […]

So we’ve got buttons! 1,000 of them to give away at NECC in fact. They’ll be at the Open Source lab starting on Tuesday. (And Steve Hargadon was nice enough to ante up the $335 to get them made, so maybe we can figure out a way to make sure he gets paid back.) The […]

The third time in two years the Delaware has flooded. This is about a 1/4 mile down the road from my house. Thankfully, we’re on a little rise… There is a house just to the left of this shot that the owners have been restoring since the last flood. They just got it finished. Oy.
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I just realized that I don’t know of anyone co-ordinating any after hours edublog meetup type stuff. Not that I’m volunteering, or anything, but has anybody taken charge? Anyone!?!?
If you’re gonna be at NECC, leave a comment. If we get critical mass…um…somebody (maybe you?) will do something. Maybe a DOPA protest or something fun like […]

So despite writing this while sitting on the tarmac at Midway (Chicago) airport after being canceled out of flying home last night and now being delayed AGAIN, I’m in a downright giddy Read/Write Web mood. Maybe it was spending the day with a roomful of energetic, geared-up Discovery educators yesterday who despite the roadblocks and […]

So, twenty five points to the first person who can correctly identify the back of the head of this somewhat geeky celebrity spotted at the magazine rack in a Newark Airport kiosk this morning. Beg for hints if you like…
And if you really beg I’ll tell you my incredibly embarrasing moment with this person…maybe.
P.S. Post […]

Clarence shares some answers to his Podcasting, Blogging Exam Question, and my favorite without question is
“…..now that we have podcasting and blogging anyone can do it. You don’t need to be some rich person in New York, you can produce from your own home. It has also changed how we can learn in today’s society.”
Amen. […]

Yesterday, Bud pointed to the work of Karl Fisch in Centennial, Co, and although I had seen Karl’s name popping up in various spots and I think even linked to him on a couple of occasions, Bud urged me to “Pay attention” to Karl’s work. So, this morning, I did some digging around “The Fischbowl.”
The […]

Well, I guess it was bound to happen. My book got it’s first negative (and I mean negative) review at Amazon recently. It was pretty brutal on first read…

“Lacks focus and a targeted audience…”
“The big font was easy on the eyes…”
“Worth skimming through if you find a discarded copy hanging around.”

Ouch. Well, that’s the last […]

George points to a couple of interesting articles that highlight the disruptions going on “out there” and encourages to read with education in mind. It’s something I constantly do, because i really believe that as traditions in those arenas begin to crumble and break down, there will be more and more pressure on the traditions […]