I’m doing some research on Khan Academy and this post is where I’m collecting my thoughts and resources. Sylvia Martinez, president of Generation YES, is someone whose opinion I have great respect for. She has four blog posts about Khan Academy and…
School Tech Audits
I have started researching the various types of technology audits that have been done by schools in our state and elsewhere. Today I came across this nicely articulated journal article – K-12 technology audit: Lessons for school leaders | IEJLL University…
Pecha Kucha: Better (and Shorter) Slide Presentations
A few years ago, I attended my first Educon and saw the Pecha Kucha format in use. I instantly adored the approach because it was very visual (20 slides with interesting photos and such) and didn’t lose my attention because…
Making Assessments Meaningful
Bank Street College has a series of what they call “occasional papers” posted on their site. There’s one called “Toward Meaningful Assessments” which explores this from the perspective of a group of 1st grade teachers in NYC using performance assessments.…
Backwards and Forwards
Welcome! It’s a rainy Friday morning in downtown Philly. Although the weather is dreary, the next few days for me will be anything but dreary because THIS IS EDUCON PHILLY WEEKEND! Before I explain Educon, I want to explain the “backwards and…
Critical Skills Program
Educon is about having conversations. Today I attended Laura Thomas’ conversation about the Critical Skills Program at Antioch New England University. Here are my notes during the session: Idea #1 – Create a Google Site or other online course area where…
Session Hopping at Educon
During session 3 there are three different sessions I want to attend. There’s Sylvia and Jon’s “You Can’t Buy Change” as well as Alex and Dean’s “Learning in Public” and then Chris’ “What Happens When Kids Run the Building”. I…
Punctuated Equilibrium
This morning at Educon, I’m in the session with Darren Kuropatwa and Andy McKiel. We’re talking about how to accomplish systemic change across a district. They have set up a way to share the conversation at digitallearningproject.com so I would encourage you to…
Network Theory
At Educon, Jon Becker had a Sunday morning session on “Beyond Klout and PLNs: Towards an Understanding and Application of Network Theory to Education” and because I was session hopping, I only caught the last half hour of it. Talked…
Learning to Use Sakai
A few years ago, ConVal joined a consortium of K-12 school districts in New Hampshire that were starting to use the Sakai content management system, a full featured system used by many universities and a limited number of K-12 schools. Initially,…