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Reflection time. One other thing that I really like about this conference (amongst all the others) is that everyone gets together at the end of the day and reflects together. You would think that it would be common sense for a conference to build in reflection time, but it’s actually pretty rare. […]

This session is being presented by Paul Bradshaw (p.bradshaw@liverpool.gov.uk). I met him last year at BLC and have been looking forward to hanging out again this year. I didn’t even know he was presenting, so this was a pleasant surprise.
I love the fact that he has CD’s for everyone with all […]

I’m about to see Diane Lewis do the same keynote that she did last year here. I wonder how many other people go for second helpings of workshops they really enjoyed before. It was one of the most memorable presentations from last year, and I know I’ve forgotten a ton from it. […]

Good morning! It’s interesting that I feel obligated to lead off with greetings dependent on time for some odd reason. We’re just getting started at the opening session. The conference does seem to have a podcast, but I couldn’t find the feed last night (of course, I didn’t look TOO hard) and […]

Welcome to the first post of what is sure to be an onslaught from the 2005 Building Learning Communities conference in Boston, Massachusetts.
I’m here with a few co-workers and it didn’t take long for the world to start feeling a little smaller. I stopped by the front desk to ask how I […]

Farewells are often bittersweet. Such is the case as I leave the school that I spent the last seven years working at. As sad as I am over leaving, I am even more exited to return to the classroom at my new school. This is my final podcast from my office, the […]

You have to check out the Optimus keyboard. Instead of having plastic keys with letters stamped onto them, every key is an OLED and then software dictates what is displayed there. So for instance, if you take the “F10″ key and make it a shortcut to iTunes, you can have it actually display […]

Heh, I’m flattered to see that both Dave and I got nominated in the Education category at the PodCastAwards.com.
They’re billing it as a People’s Choice type of awards show, which means its an over glorified popularity contest. I’m a little disappointed that they didn’t split up “education” from “Instructional”. Three of the […]

A quickie for you. Blogging and School Administrators has a post about high tech cheating and then continues on to show how an innovative teacher turns the tables.
A math teacher in Canada named Darren Kuropatwa wrote about a new approach he took with an exam for his pre-Cal students. He gave the […]

Via: The SpecialEducator » Extra! Extra!
Interesting site, basically a visual front page aggregator for newspapers around the world. Click on a part of the world, choose your city and see what’s on the front page for the local newspaper. You can even download a PDF of it if you want. There are […]

Are you sick of hearing about conference structure yet? Unfortunately, I’m not so bear with me!
There’s a great conversation going on at Exactly 2 Cents right now. If this topic resonates with you, I suggest you visit there and chime in.
A few highlights:
Dave Warlick
… There is talent, skill, and […]

Doug Kaye, the mad genius behind IT Conversations, has recently shared with the world his next big idea.
Every day there are scores or even hundreds of fascinating and important conference sessions, lectures or other presentations that are lost. They simply evaporate because no one captures or records them. Some of these presentations are […]

I’m just discovering the world of Dave Wieinberger, so you’ll probably be getting a slew of posts referring to him in the near future. One post of his really resonates with me though. Dave writes a post stating thatno, he is not keeping up with your blog.
It sounds silly, but many people assume […]

I have finally gotten around to visiting some of the websites from NECC that i had earmarked and wanted to point out one in particular.
David Warlick’s handouts this year were all online. Not only that, they were in Wiki format. Beyond that, they contained dynamic elements that aggregated posts that may […]

Want to see an incredibly creative use for Flickr? Check out the photos tagged with flicktion. Here’s the basic premise: Take a photo that you find interesting. Write a little bit of fiction in the comments field. Tag the photo with the word Flicktion. That’s it!
Some of the photos have […]