I spent the afternoon with three teachers all involved in one to one computing classrooms; the two teachers from the Palm handheld project and a veteran teacher in a tablet PC classroom. We spent part of the afternoon in the tablet classroom observing the setup and watching the students work. This isn’t about student excitement over a new tool. It’s gone...

I’ve been involved in a handheld computer project in our school division. It’s been exciting and interesting to observe this. The best part for me is that the teachers recognize the evolution that needs to take place. The realize that early success centers around efficiency and organization, what Alan November calls automating. They understand the real...

Like many others in my position, I often lament the fact that discussions with teachers around Web 2.0 and the changing classroom often fall by the wayside and teachers can’t or won’t considering how to implement this into their classrooms. This fall I spent about 4 sessions with a small group of teachers interested in exploring the possibilities of the...

Comments may be the most underrated component of a blog. For me, they breathe life into most posts and add the texture and indeed make them conversational. Will posts about an experience speaking to new teachers. What follows are, at the time of this post, 38 insightful comments from a variety of people with various backgrounds and interests including the students...

I’ve been trying different ways to awaken folks to the new stories. In December I had Will Richardson skype in and talk about the New Face of Learning. I brought around 20 people in and also had another half dozen linked via Polycom. The intent was simply begin conversations. On Tuesday, we had part 2. This time Darren Kuropatwa stopped by via Skype and talked...