Over at the NWP’s iAnthology site, we’re starting a monthly “make with me” project. For a variety of reasons, this site is restricted to members only (feel free to join!) so I am going to cross-post the “makes” here as
Make/Hack/Play Together
I am facilitating a new 3-week mini-course starting on Nov. 4 called Make/Hack/Play Together. It’s free and should be a lot of fun. You can sign up here.
K12 Online – Free, open PD
The K12 Online conference provides high quality, free, open PD, and it all starts on Oct. 14. Mark your calendars, and think about incorporating this into your professional learning plans.
Kids' Maker Day
Inspired by the #maker movement, #clmooc, and others, I put together a local kids’ maker day this weekend. This was a part of our local Heritage Days event, for which I’ve been helping coordinate a kids’ activity day for a
The Pitfalls of Data Used for High Stakes
I’m very wary of Obama’s recent suggestion to tie federal student aid to a rating system for universities. I think we’ve seen what unintended bad results can result from this kind of thing in K-12. Read more of my thoughts
A MOOC? What? Me?
You’ve heard of MOOCS. But have you participated in one? There’s no better way to learn about MOOCs that to take part, and here’s a fun, low-stress way to do it. Making Learning Connected (#clmooc) is a MOOC, but in
4T Virtual Conference
Next week is the Virtual 4T Conference put on by the University of Michigan School of Education. This is a free, virtual conference (but registration is required). On Monday, May 20 at 7pm Eastern, I’ll be a part of a
Free, online school leadership conference
On Thurs., March 28, TICAL is hosting a free, online School Leadership Summit. Here is the schedule. Join us for this great day of learning.
MOOCs: the big…err, massive…new thing
(cross-posted from K12 Open Ed) ISTE’s Learning and Leading with Technology (L&L) just published an article I wrote about MOOCs. This article was a step in the progression of some thinking I’ve been doing about deeper professional learning. (Stay tuned
A unique opportunity
I believe that we have a unique opportunity at this moment when districts all over the country are looking at new curriculum and assessments. We can either see this as an opportunity to innovate and improve learning…or we can just