Archive for January, 2011

Sharpening the Axe

January 31, 2011

Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe. -Abraham Lincoln The interesting thing about that quote is that in my research I found several versions.  Both the time (one hour to eight) and the tool (both an axe and saw were cited) varied quite [...]

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The “Our” of My Professional Life

January 26, 2011

I leave for Educon 2.3 tomorrow. For those of you unfamiliar with Educon, it is the brainchild of Chris Lehmann and the staff of the Science Leadership Academy. It is, as they like to describe it, more a conversation than a conference. This will be my second visit to Educon. Last year, it was all [...]

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TeachMeetGA Presentation

January 22, 2011

Here is the slide deck that I presentation to TeachMeetGA today. Blendend Learning tmga11 View more presentations from tbaldasaro. Here’s the video of my presentation (first 20 minutes): Watch live streaming video from ksuetc at livestream.com

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The Coffee Shop Dilemma

January 20, 2011

Have you been to a local coffee shop at 4:00 on any given school day lately?  They are filled with high school kids connecting in the blended worlds within which they are so comfortably living in now.  In any given coffee shop, on any given afternoon, you can watch kids seamlessly move between mobile devices, [...]

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