For the second straight year I took at least one photo every day. I published almost 2500 photos to flickr in 2009. I have no measurable way of determining if I'm a better photographer or not, but the value of cheap failure leads me to believe it's likely. That's certainly one goal of the project but others include, documenting our lives, playing with...

I began teaching in 1988. It was a tough job and thinking about getting better was superseded by survival instincts. Early on in my career, there were several documents that the province produced in support of improved professional development. I didn't pay much attention to these but one phrase I saw in those documents some 20 years ago stuck with me. Reflective...

With K12 online conference 2009 under way, it leads me to ask what makes a good online presentation? How do  you create compelling online content that can and will be reused. Remember these are not live sessions but rather presentations in a variety of formats intended to be used in a variety of ways by a variety of users. That's challenging to say the...

There's a time and a place for most everything. When my wife announces, "I can't stand living in squalor, we need to clean this house now!" I tend to respond by saying, "Just tell me what to do". I say this not because I don't care about our house but it's clear who manages it. I'm more of a high ranking employee (I think I may...

In no particular order. PLN (too inside baseball) 21st Century Learning/Skills (everyone has a different idea of what it means, plus how far into the century do we have to go before we stop using it) Web 2.0 (most people have no idea what Web 1.0 was) preso (I want to take a shower after hear that word, very used car salesmanishy) calling a movie a slideshow...