"Predicting the future is easy. It's trying to figure out what's going on now that's hard" (Dressler, 2005)
As I checked my Facebook account last night, a chat box popped up from a colleague from a former institution, Gwinnett Technical College, where I worked in Georgia. We chatted for a few minutes, and she relayed a nice complement. She had stopped by our old college to visit with friends and discussion turned to… Read more I’ll Find Out, Sir!
Image via CrunchBase It has been an interesting week for me in Facebook. I have reconnected with several colleagues that I had lost touch with in the past few years. Facebook to me is great for connecting with family and friends, but as with any social networking application, a host of questions arise concerning possible… Read more The Friends Question
Like any major institution, there is sometimes overlap in training opportunities being offered around campus. We noticed this morning that I have a workshop on blogging today and Technology Services has one next week. Interestingly, mine is about web publishing and instructional opportunities (with 4 people signed up) while the other is about the mechanics… Read more Telling Your Story Differently
Ada Lovelace (per Wikipedia) “is today appreciated as the ‘first programmer’ since she was writing programs-that is, manipulating symbols according to rules-for a machine that Babbage had not yet built. She also foresaw the capability of computers to go beyond mere calculating or number-crunching while others, including Babbage himself, focused only on these capabilities.” Wikipedia… Read more Ada Lovelace Day
My final day at the League for Innovation’s 2009 conference was just as informative as the first. The conference goes on for another two days but too much going on at home for me to stay. Besides, jet lag is finally kicking in. I woke up at 3am today and then crashed at 4pm local… Read more Day Two at Innovations 2009
Had a great first day at the League for Innovation’s 2009 conference. While I work at a wonderful four-year research university, my doctoral dissertation and first ten years in higher education revolved around two-year colleges. So it was refreshing to once again rub elbows with the dedicated faculty and administrators who handle a significant segment… Read more Day One of Innovations 2009
After two 3+ hour flights and one flight delay, I have crossed the country to attend Innovations 2009 in Reno NV. Innovations is an annual conference of the League for Innovation in Community Colleges, and this is my fifth or sixth. While I am no longer associated with two-year colleges, I still stay in touch… Read more At Innovations 2009
Over the last four weeks, Jon Becker and I have facilitated a journey for our online students into the heretofore unknown world (for them) of Web 2.0. Our students are all K-12 teachers from three different states in our Education Technology and School Leadership course. After two weeks of typical “schoolroom” topical exploration and discussion,… Read more It Is the Journey, Not the Destination … Nor the Goat
The participatory web has allowed groups with common interests to organize and collaborate in ways that were not possible just five years ago. Yesterday, Dr. Jonathon Becker, professor of Educational Leadership in the VCU School of Education, joined Jeff Nugent, Bud Deihl and myself of the VCU Center for Teaching Excellence to record a podcast… Read more Professional Development in a Networked World
Last night, Jon Becker, with whom I am co-teaching the online Educational Technology and School Leadership course for Virginia Commonwealth University, used Wimba Classroom to have an extended conversation with Ben Grey, instructional technology coordinator for a school district in the northwest suburbs of Chicago. Ben had heard Jon’s presentation at K12Online Conference on “Facilitating… Read more The Becker – Grey Conversation