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1 slide = $1,000,000

I’ve been a fan of Cliff Atkinson for the better part of a year. Cliff’s Beyond Bullets book and blog have been helpful in transforming my view of PowerPoint as a storytelling tool and in turn changed how I present it to students and teachers.

Recently Cliff was hired by a Texas lawyer to develop a [...]

Repitition and Passion

I’m thinking of beginning all of my workshops and talks on the read/write web with this cavaet, “Don’t get too excited about any of this because the chances of any of you really making this a reality in your classroom is almost nil.” Not very optimistic but I think fairly accurate.

Brian Crosby of Learning is [...]

You’re never far from home

Came across this sign in Union Station in Toronto. A reference to days gone by when Canada had a viable passenger train system.

The Posse has awakened

From the Posse:

Our hiatus is over! I hope you think it was worth the wait!

This conversation featuring the full posse – Alec Couros, Rick Schwier, Dean Shareski and Rob Wall – was recorded on December 14, 2005. Just the day before we recorded, I was in a meeting for developing an Information Literacy scope and [...]

The tale of two tickets

I wasn’t planning on going to any games while in Toronto but was fortunate to see a basketball and baseball game. It was the Raptors last home game and a disappointing season meant many were uninterested. We got a call at about 4:00 asking if we wanted 4 tickets. They were $199 tickets.

The next day [...]