Given I'm married to an educator, have a daughter just beginning her teaching career interesting in talking shop and spending a good chunk of time online with educators it's no surprise that a day learning and in conversation with many folks outside of education is a breath of fresh air.  I was honored to be part of TEDx Saskatoon. I spent the last week...

In case you missed it, I was privileged to provide the Pre-Conference Keynote for 2010 K12 Online Conference. You can watch it there and comment but I did want to share some insights on how I created the video. While it may not look like it, it took between 40-50 hours and I thought I'd show you how I did it.    And now you...

I'm honored to be providing the pre-conference keynote for the 2010 K12 Online Conference. I've been involved in this conference since its inception in 2006 in various capacities and believe it to be not only a wonderful resource but a great model of sharing and generosity that epitomizes what networked learning can be. While I'm sorting through a few...

We are all aware of the economic challenges that schools face. The truth is, schools have always had limited budgets and been scrutinized for spending decisions. In the wonderful age of accountability, those decisions seem to be under a much bigger microscope and lots of questions get asked.  That's not necessarily a bad thing but it certainly requires us to...

The whirlwind event that is ISTE represents for me, I tremendous learning environment. I realized after my first ISTE in 2008 that this is about people. While in the past serendipity seemed to rule my thinking, I was slightly more intentional this time around and yet left lots of room for impromptu learning. I may have crafted a near perfect learning experience for...

Two conferences at the same venue in two weeks. Last week’s conference focused on higher education and this week’s on K-12.  There was somewhat of a different feel partly due to the crowd, there is a palpable difference between those in higher education and those in K-12. One clear difference was the use of keynotes. Tlt 2010 had the keynote speakers...