The Best About Me Page You’ll Ever See

Posted by on Dec 6, 2009

I simply don’t believe you will find a better About Me page than the one found here. The page belongs to Aaron Iba, the now former CEO of AppJet, the company who created EtherPad.  Iba’s product was acquired by Google for a reported $10 million, and I would imagine he is quite happy with the […]

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 […]

Funny Math

Posted by on Oct 7, 2009

Help me understand this.  Recently, I’ve come across several examples of a rubric being used in a way I don’t quite understand.  The rubrics all had the standard four levels of proficiency for the criteria being assessed, and the levels moved in typical fashion with one being inadequate and four being exceptional.  That’s all fairly […]

Transformational Leadership

Posted by on Jul 27, 2009

*This is a reflection post required for my JHU-ISTE Leadership program.  As always, if the topic is of no interest to you, feel free to skip on by. This reflection asked us to answer the following three questions: How do you define transformational leadership based on your reading? How can transformational leadership impact the way […]

Practical Application

Posted by on May 29, 2009

I might be wrong on this.  Feel free to posit your opinion and help me figure out what needs figuring. There is a philosophy of technology in education that says we should afford students the chance to interact and explore specific technology experiences to ensure exposure to the technology.  Let me give you an example. […]