Archive for January, 2010

Educon 2.2 – End of Day 2

January 31, 2010

I’m sitting in the back of @bhsprincipal’s car, driving north on I95 thinking about the last 24 hours at Educon.  Like yesterday’s post, what follows are some basic take-aways from that time. I am still struck by Chris Lehmann’s talk yesterday and his emphasis on developing “Communities of Care”. I am more convinced than ever [...]

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Educon Day 1

January 30, 2010

It is a privilege to be an attendant at Educon 2.2 at the Science Leadership Academy in Philadelphia this weekend.  I am half way through day 2 and I feel the need to stop and gently reflect.  So, in no particular order and without deep reflection of the holistic meaning of this thing, I offer [...]

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Do We Prepare Students for a Competitive or a Collaborative World?

January 25, 2010

So I tweeted the following about a week ago: “I’m tired of hearing we need to prepare students for a competitive workforce, we need to prepare them for a collaborative one.” Jon Becker immediately replied: Which I thought was brillant, but then I was challenged with the following from Daylynn (Read from bottom tweet up). [...]

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Catching up with Old Friends for the First Time

January 21, 2010

Educon 2.2 is next weekend and I can’t wait.  Not only will I have the opportunity to hear Chris Lehmann, Dean Shareski, Will Richardson, and Michael Horn speak about current, progressive issues in education, but I am going to get the chance to meet face to face with some of the most valuable people in [...]

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