Summer Renewal 10: Go to NECC

I know. The National Educational Computing Conference was a month ago. Educators and educational technologists gathered from all over the country (and beyond) to discuss best practices and new innovations and better ideas for using technology in education. There were 17,000 people there. I wasn’t one of them. For me to go to NECC, the [...]

Posted on July 30th, 2007 by John Schinker
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Summer Renewal 9: Start Blogging

If you’ve been following along so far, you have encountered a lot of resources, and have learned a lot, and probably have opinions, ideas, and comments about what you’ve been finding. You can certainly leave comments here on my blog, and there are lots of places on the read/write/web where you can make your opinions [...]

Posted on July 24th, 2007 by John Schinker
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Summer Renewal 8: Get Tapped In

Finding is 10% looking and 90% knowing where to look. If you’re searching for the best Tiramisu, go to Little Italy (or just come to my house). If you want you want to see a rainbow, turn your back to the sun right after it rains and look up in the sky. If you can’t [...]

Posted on July 18th, 2007 by John Schinker
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Summer Renewal 7: Skype

It’s a “long distance” call from my home to my office. When we actually had a land-line phone in our house, we had to pay extra for my wife to call me at work. Unbelievable. A few nights ago, I participated in a 40 minute conference call with a man from New Hampshire, a woman [...]

Posted on July 12th, 2007 by John Schinker
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Summer Renewal 6: K12 Online Conference

It gets harder and harder to send teachers to professional conferences. The costs are high, scheduling is difficult, and funding sources aren’t readily available. Just as important, pulling a teacher out of the classroom, even to do worthwhile staff development, shortchanges the students. Last fall, the K12 Online Conference changed the paradigm for professional meetings. [...]

Posted on July 6th, 2007 by John Schinker
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