Archive for December, 2009

What I Was Doing When My Job Was Cut.

December 31, 2009

Something very interesting happened to me at our last School Board meeting and I’ve been contemplating how I was going to share this and with whom. Then I thought, why not find the learning opportunity in this event and share it with those in whom I have been learning the most in hopes that I [...]

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Will Richardson – Presentation to PLPTristate Cohort

December 14, 2009

Will Richardson presented to the Exeter Cohort of the Tristate PLP today.  Here are my notes of his presentation. In education today, if you aren’t uncomfortable you are not paying attention. “Napsterizing” school Trying to emulate the types of connections that possible today In the eyes of many, the system is broken The time is [...]

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Sheryl Nussbaum-Beach – PLPTristate Presentation on Communities of Practice

December 14, 2009

Sheryl Nussbaum-Beach presented to the Exeter, NH Cohort of the PLPTristate group today.  Here are my notes from her presentation. The Human Network (video) people subscribe to people this is not about tools all of us is better than one of us Putting yourself “out there” is risky The community of practice helps build thoughts [...]

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New Tools, Same Conversation.

December 3, 2009

Will Richardson has written about this a lot, but I can’t help but notice the lack of conversation taking place about the transformative power of connective technologies.  For the past two days I have been attending and presenting at New Hampshire’s largest technology conference, The Christa McAuliffe Technology Conference which is now in its 23rd [...]

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