Category: Misc. Debris
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Closing 2010: Summarizing Our Reports from Cyberspace
For two years in a row, Sara Kajder, Bud Hunt, and I have presented Three Reports from Cyberspace. We plan to submit for NCTE 2011, so with any luck we will get to work together again and share in a wonderful conversation before, during, and after the conference. For the moment, I want to focus…
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Preparing for NWP/NCTE 2010
Well, the week is here. So, now that it is Monday of my biggest and busiest professional week of the year, I need to hit full stride. NCTE and NWP 2010. Hooray! Although I tell myself each year that I’ll cut back, do a little bit less, and just enjoyed my time at the convention,…
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2010 MVU Online Learning Symposium
Notes from 2010 Michigan Virtual University Online Learning Symposium November 9, 2010 at Michigan State University Opening Keynote: Steve Midgley, Deputy Director of Education Technology, US DOE Context National Technology Plan (released just today), Four Components: Mobility, Social Interactions, Digital Content, Print to Online This does not mean that we will have a “teacherless” curriculum,…
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Trial Run on Voice Dictation Software
This is the first blog post but I am composing not through the tips of my fingers (mostly), but through my own voice. I’ve long been interested in dictation software, and I have had some experience using Dragon NaturallySpeaking in the past, I was never really a fan. By the time it would take to…
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Reports from Cyberspace – An Invitation
Last year at NCTE, we began a conversation, Three Reports from Cyberspace. We thank Jeff Golub and Jim Strickland for organizing the session, and Helen Wierenga for being our responder. And, we thank all of you, because what happened during the session was, quite simply, amazing. Bud, Troy, and the entire audience were engaged in…
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Continuing to Create a Digital Writing Project
As I reflect on our experience in the CRWP Summer Institute, and prepare for a visit to the Boise State Writing Project this weekend, as well as the NWP Annual Meeting in just a few weeks, I am trying to capture some thinking about the core principles that I employ in planning PD experiences related…
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Continuing to Create a Digital Writing Project
As I reflect on our experience in the CRWP Summer Institute, and prepare for a visit to the Boise State Writing Project this weekend, as well as the NWP Annual Meeting in just a few weeks, I am trying to capture some thinking about the core principles that I employ in planning PD experiences related…
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Continuing to Create a Digital Writing Project
As I reflect on our experience in the CRWP Summer Institute, and prepare for a visit to the Boise State Writing Project this weekend, as well as the NWP Annual Meeting in just a few weeks, I am trying to capture some thinking about the core principles that I employ in planning PD experiences related…
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Continuing to Create a Digital Writing Project
As I reflect on our experience in the CRWP Summer Institute, and prepare for a visit to the Boise State Writing Project this weekend, as well as the NWP Annual Meeting in just a few weeks, I am trying to capture some thinking about the core principles that I employ in planning PD experiences related…