"Predicting the future is easy. It's trying to figure out what's going on now that's hard" (Dressler, 2005)
Now that I am retired, it has been interesting to look back at my early 2008 posts. One post was “Only Thing To Fear” where I discussed the challenge of teaching a Masters class in edtech when all of my students worked in schools that blocked access to many of the websites we were exploring…including… Read more Fear of AI
Seven years ago, I was teaching ILD-831 – Leadership and Technology- for Creighton University. This was an elective in their Interdisciplinary Doctorate in Leadership…and one of my favorite courses! I posted a blog that noted that Jane Hart’s 2016 image for her update on Top Learning Tools captured the essence of my course in a… Read more My Old Tech Course is Old
I have been posting the past few weeks about my exploration of AI…in a way, of trying to make meaning from all the data I have been reading. So I noticed this image from Said Ebead on LinkedIn this weekend…and it brought to mind the difference between data and meaning. Unrelated…yet maybe not…was an article… Read more From Data to Meaning using AI
I continue to look back at some of my old posts and reflect on how they might be recast for 2024 with the emergence of AI. On of my posts from 2016 was entitled “Overcoming Old.Edu” – a play on the title of a jazz recording by Euge Groove. The blog post from 2016 discussed… Read more Overcoming Old.Edu Again
As many of you know, I have not blogged in a year…and I only blogged 4 times in 2023 and twice in 2022. I was facing the re-emergence of my prostate cancer after 18 years in remission, as well as breast cancer diagnoses in both of my twin daughters. That shifted my focus to taking… Read more Educated Bravery
This week, I once again started the Northeastern University class EDU-6323: Technology as a Medium for Learning. I have taught this course twice a year since 2015 … and like the technology we cover, it continues to evolve. I have swapped out Michelle Miller’s (2014) book Minds Online to the newer Jim Lang Second Edition… Read more Defining Technology For Learning
Last week, Jane Hart published her latest Top Tools list. This was the 15th annual list compiled by Jane, and a bit of a surprise. She noted, “2021 was the YEAR OF DISRUPTION! There were a substantial number of new tools nominated this year so the main list has now been extended to 300 tools to accommodate them, and… Read more Tool Reflections
Tomorrow, I once again will be teaching the Northeastern course EDU-6323 – Technology as a Medium for Learning. This course has gone through a number of changes since I first taught it in 2015. At it’s core is the GRAD-602 course that Jeff Nugent and I taught back at VCU in the last decade. I… Read more The Blogs I Read Now
With the exception of 2012, I have participated every year in Jane Hart’s call asking what the top ten digital tools are that I use. For the 15th Annual Survey, my top ten tools are listed below. My choices this year reflect both the common themes I have used for quite a few years… Read more My Top Tools for 2021
Once a year, I reflect on the tools that I routinely use for teaching and learning, thanks to Jane Hart’s annual survey of top tools. For 14 years, Jane has hosted this survey, and the results – filtered by top 200 tools, top personal learning tools, top workplace learning tools, and top education tools –… Read more My Top Tools During Pandemic