The Power of a Conference
I believe attending conferences is one of the most dynamic ways for a professional to develop. I recently attended the IETC conference in Springfield, IL, and I left, as I typically do from such a conference, with the indelible notion that there simply aren’t many better forms of professional development in existence. I find this […]
The Ability Paradigm
When I was a kid, I wanted to be a professional baseball pitcher more than anything in the world. I’d go outside and throw a tennis ball against my front steps and play every ricochet as if it were a batted ball. I’d write out a lineup of the Cubs vs. whomever they happened to […]
Building Better Backchannels
I remember the first time I heard the term, “backchannel.” I was at NECC, and I was immediately struck at how the word seemed somehow geekily mystic. It took me a bit to realize the term was really just synonymous with chat. According to the define function of Google, a backchannel is, “the practice of […]
Ed Tech Goes to Eleven?
*One author’s note for this post. I began writing this prior to attending the Illinois TechCon 08 conference, and that experience resulted in a major clarification in my own thinking about this issue. I’ll explain near the end of the post.* Sometimes I feel like being in the Ed Tech community is a bit like […]