Our Ideas are Interactive

Posted by on Nov 29, 2009

I read a great post by a student in my grad class last week that has me thinking again about the idea of a backchannel.  I wrote about this a while ago, but it seems the topic has surfaced again recently about the value of a backchannel. The past several conferences I have attended have […]

Safety Second?

Posted by on Jan 15, 2009

This issue has never been more important to me. Alec Couros recently wrote a post about a very disturbing experience he had with someone viewing pictures of his daughter on Flickr.  If you haven’t read it yet, it’s an excellent piece, and I’d strongly recommend you read it first before proceeding here. The story absolutely […]

Ed Tech Goes to Eleven?

Posted by on Oct 21, 2008

*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 […]

It’s Not About Technology

Posted by on Oct 17, 2008

Sometimes we experience things that just won’t leave us alone. Something profound will leave an indelible mark, and later, we’ll be engaging the routines of life, and our minds will bring us back to the thought we assumed we had forgotten. A thought we can’t seem to leave alone. This week, that thought was brought […]

The End of a Beginning

Posted by on Aug 8, 2008

I find it only fitting to make my first truly official blog post a somewhat imploding, inward spiraling discussion about blog posts. Somehow that seems like literary cannibalism, but don’t quote me on that. I seriously had an incredible time building this blog. I wish there was some way I could have captured each step […]