Overheard on Twitter: “jonbecker: At NECC NETS-A refresh session, one guy said he had ‘multiple colliding epiphanies.’ I hope he’s OK.”
Learned at Unconference session with Chris Lehmann from the Science Leadership Academy about Understanding by Design: Too often we don’t know why we do what we do. Teachers need to teach understandings…this is a powerful [...]
Entries from June 2008
June 30, 2008
Day 2…Fin.
June 30, 2008
Spotty Wifi…Unspotty Learning
It always amazes me how many people are NOT in sessions at NECC…and then you get to a session and you are closed out! No close outs for me yet, but it’s only Monday.
This morning I was at the NETS-T Standards “release party.” It was fun to be there for the beginning. I did leave [...]
June 29, 2008
Keynote 1 @ NECC
Favorite quotes:
“After 15 minutes in a meeting, you look around and realize you are dumber now.”
“Suggestion boxes are better than nothing.”
“Technology allows us to aggregate judgments very fast.”
“Diversity makes us significantly smarter.”
“Having the same person be the devil’s advocate makes things worse, not better.”
Too many people (!) in Bloggers’ Cafe…..have to move to a different [...]
June 28, 2008
Behind the Scenes at NECC 2008
I am sitting on my couch, in dreary Rochester, NY, watching the fun going on at NECC 2008. I am watching Will Richardson, Chris Lehmann, Jeff Utecht, Dean Shareski, Sylvia Martinez, Bud Hunt, Ewan McIntosh, Brian Smith, and Carl Fisch, among others, jail breaking Will Richardson’s phone.
Now, this is not the important part. Sure, [...]
