Weird title I know. Next week I’m speaking to a mix of educators and IT people essentially about how the boxes and wires folks can and should work together with the teaching and learning folks. The dominant narrative seems to be that often these two groups don’t get along all that well, mostly from teachers wanting to innovative feeling confined...

As I prepare to finish the final 6 hours of my 36 hour return from Beijing, I figured I'd drop a brain dump of reflections for this week's Learning 2.012 conference in Beijing. In or particular order or significance, here we go: The Format: The organizers have been tweaking their format since it's inception in 2007. They're constantly looking for the...

By Scott McLeod: http://www.flickr.com/photos/mcleod/6684760745/     At the end of the month I'll be giving a talk at the State of Now 140 conference. It will be a 10 minute talk loosely based on this blog post. I'll be exploring the nature and value of teachers sharing online and the power of transparent, open learning. I also want to look at the...

Cross posted at Tech & Learning After attending my 5th ISTE event in a row, I always enjoy reading various reflections of the event. Those reflections usually reference the opportunity to network with other educators. The proverbial, “the hallway conversations trump sessions” statement continues to be the theme of the posts made by your favorite...

Saturday I was fortunate to be able to present at the Social Learning Summit for Classroom 2.0 and Discovery. it was a fantastic array of content which fortunately is all free and archived here. I've done plenty of virtual presentations before but this time I actually did it in front of 30+ teachers in New Brunswick.  At any rate, this was a talk about an...

Today I'm attending the Literacy unconference at York District. Autonomy of conversation and learning is the main principle of this type of event and one that honors the power and smartness of the room. I had lunch with some of these smart people. Heather shared something that I simply had to share.  Part 1 discussed the importance of reflection and the...