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…
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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…