Internet Safety Town Hall- part 2
Amanda Lenhart of PEW with data re internet use and teens 12-17. 66% households have Internet, 22 still on dial-up, 10% not online at home. SOe populations very different. What are they doing online?...
View Articleweb 2.0- why is it important and further musings for the afternoon at NECC
The NECC session on Classroom 2.0: Exploring the Potential of Web 2.0 with backchat at http://www.chatzy.com/610230759294 presented a good philosophical and “historical perspective” on what web 2.0 is...
View ArticleNECC idea: Game show sessions and the wisdom of crowds
This post is from the Bloggers’ Cafe at NECC in San Antonio. I know this sound facetious, but I am serious. I had two ideas for new types of NECC sessions for 2009, since several BYOL sessions have...
View ArticleNECC, Hats, and Invisibility Cloaks
Apologies to any readers who may not have been at NECC or even know what it is. This post is part of my personal reflection/debrief on the National Educational Computing Conference, my biggest annual...
View ArticleGuerrillas in the Mist: Education and where we are headed
I promise to get off the NECC discussion- apologies to those who are sick of hearing about it. I have been back from NECC for two weeks, and I am sifting through so many possibilities and ideas. I have...
View ArticleRisk, people, and toys
I am writing this on a brand new computer just days before I leave for NECC and hours before an important semi-annual board meeting for my non-profit company. There is nothing like having a video card...
View ArticleThe Swimmers’ Obligation
Few of us remember the first time we jumped into water over our heads. I do not recall figuring out that I could not swim. I do not remember discovering the power of water. I try to imagine how it...
View Articleedubloggercon 2009
Here we are in DC! EdubloggerCon has grown from about 45 people in Atlanta to over 200 here. The topics for discussion range from web 2.0 tools (and these are THE adopters who know the doodads!) to...
View ArticleNearly drowned: Tweeting at BreakNECC speed
This is the third day of NECC, and I haven’t even been to my blog. This year the conference has been a Tweetfest…people discovering the power of sitting in sessions “tweeting” out commentary, feedback,...
View ArticleConclusion and Epilogue from Forwardthink
This is the final episode in a long fable, and perhaps the start of another. Unravel the previous chapters here. The town of Forwardthink has completely changed. At the stroke of midnight (about 1 pm...
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