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...

On Monday, Saskatchewan will host the IT Summit. Tuesday’s keynote features none other than Will Richardson. cc licensed flickr photo shared by RSzepan I’ve been asked to introduce him. I’d like to crowd source this a bit. So fill out the form if you like and I’ll try and use it on Tuesday morning as I introduce him. I’m counting on the...

For a fairly small conference, TLt 2010 has some pretty impressive keynotes. Monday evening kicked off with Scott Leslie. Scott has been someone I’ve followed online for a number of years so it’s always a treat to be able to connect face to face. Scott’s talk on becoming a networked learner was certainly not filled with new ideas for me but a...

I'm at Educon. If you're not familiar with Educon, it's a conference/conversation hosted by Chris Lehmann and the Science Leadership Academy in Philadelphia, PA. I was fortunate to be able to spend Thursday and Friday hanging around the school. Here's what I saw: Lots of smiles. Loud classrooms A principal's office that looked more like grand...

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...