http://weblogg-ed.com Learning with the Read/Write Web Mon, 08 Feb 2010 19:40:49 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en So I ran across this Smart Ease of Use video in the course of one of our threads in a PLP cohort and I have to say, I can't seem to shake it. I mean, maybe I'm missing something here, but if this is a vision of "transformative" technology, we're ... http://weblogg-ed.com/2010/transformative-technology-really/ If I could put in a few phrases what I took away from this year's Educon experience it was this: Stop complaining. Be the change. Love your students and do well by them. If that includes technology, so be it. And it was those first two that stood out, for me at ... http://weblogg-ed.com/2010/educon-22/ (Cross posted to the PLP Network blog) One of my favorite things that Sheryl says when she talks about the challenges that schools face right now is that this generation of kids in our schools is the first not to have a choice about technology. Most of us grew up in ... http://weblogg-ed.com/2010/no-choice/ It's no secret that Lawrence Lessig is one of my heroes in the way that he takes on meaningful efforts to change the world for (what I think, at least) good and his ability to articulate those efforts in compelling ways. It's also no secret that over the past year ... http://weblogg-ed.com/2010/change-congress/ So this might totally fall flat on its face, but I'm wondering how all you  out there who are deeply invested in social learning spaces might respond to this unlikely but hopefully compelling scenario: Imagine for a moment that high schools as educational places vanish from the earth. How would you ... http://weblogg-ed.com/2010/no-more-high-school-play-along/ A few days ago, Gary Stager tweeted me this link in the LA Times about the demise of journalism and freelance writing primarily due to everything being, well, "free" on the Internet. The subhead read, in part, "the well-written story is in danger of becoming scarce." Gary's Tweet read "This ... http://weblogg-ed.com/2010/norms-of-participation/ My favorite conference of the year, Educon 2.2, is only a few weeks away, and I wanted to post my "conversation" here to see if there might be some...um...conversation about how to best make the, ah, conversation valuable at the conference. (NOTE: I had originally intended to lead a conversation ... http://weblogg-ed.com/2010/my-educon-conversation/ Ten years from now, the next decade will be drawing to a close. My daughter will be 22, my son 20. I'll be...older. It's setting up to be a pretty important 10 years on a lot of fronts. If you believe the science, which I do, it may be the ... http://weblogg-ed.com/2009/2020-vision-2/ I always get in this reflective mood at the end of the year. I mean, I tend to do a lot of reflecting throughout the year (especially on planes), but at this point when the pace finally slows down a bit, I get to thinking about what I've seen, what ... http://weblogg-ed.com/2009/whats-changed-2009-version/ I've been thinking a lot again about phones and about the disruption they are already creating for most schools (high schools at least) and about the huge brain shift we're going to have to through collectively to capture the potential for learning in our kids' pockets. A few particular items ... http://weblogg-ed.com/2009/i-dont-need-your-network-or-your-computer-or-your-tech-plan-or-your/ While my trip to Australia this last week and a half was primarily pleasure with my family, I did get a few days to work with teachers in Brisbane and throughout Victoria (a la our PLP cohort there), and I had some great conversations about the state of the education ... http://weblogg-ed.com/2009/what-does-getting-it-mean-anyway/ Recently at the beginning of a day long workshop, I used a Google form to get feedback on this question: If there was one part of your personal learning practice that you wanted to focus on today, what would it be? What questions would you seek to answer? Now I'll be the ... http://weblogg-ed.com/2009/teachers-as-learners-part-32/ It's no secret that many of us who had high hopes that the Obama administration would start a meaningful conversation on re-envisioning education are feeling sorely disappointed these days. All of the hoopla over "The Race to the Top" as a catalyst of real "reform" is getting a bit much ... http://weblogg-ed.com/2009/teaching-testing-and-counseling/ So without bemoaning in the fact that I haven't been able to find any time of late to get to this space to do some reading and thinking and synthesizing and extended writing and that I feel like a truly important part of my life is being slowly and painfully ... http://weblogg-ed.com/2009/on-common-standards/ Recently, I presented at a school on an opening day for teachers where the first thing that greeted everyone on the table in the lobby was an 8-page Acceptable Use Policy which staff members were picking up as they filed into the school. I picked one up too, and when ... http://weblogg-ed.com/2009/dont-dont-dont-vs-do-do-do/