Written on June 30th, the night before I left Washington, D.C. “It may be, in the end, that a good society is defined more by how people treat strangers than by how they treat those they know.” – James Surowiecki, The Wisdom of Crowds If this is true, then the members of the ISTE network…
A Band Without Instruments? So I was sitting in the Blogger’s Cafe and realized that the person sitting near me had a guitar out. He was strumming and noticed my ‘Rock Star’ ribbon on my badge. He then explained that he was playing guitar on his iPod touch and oh boy was I intrigued! I…
The second keynote address at the conference was an ‘Oxford-style’ debate about the question below. I have summarized the main points by each contributor below. It was moderated by Robert Seigel from NPR’s All Things Considered. Video archive here from ISTE Vision Four panelists, 2 for and 2 against (5 minutes each)Q: Are bricks and…
So I’m experimenting with blogging using Comic Life. I took a BYOL workshop and now I’m determined to figure out how to make these bigger to take up the whole screen. Please give me feedback!!! Of course, any future posts would have much more content. This is an experiment!
The Welcome Ceremony So, Day 2 is over and now I’m sitting in the “Blogger’s Cafe” trying to piece together the events of yesterday. I got into the Convention Center after having a wonderful brunch with a friend around 1:30pm. Just enough time to get seated for the Welcome Ceremony. The ceremony had a Movie…
What a great first day! I met a lot of wonderful people and participated in a lively and informative discussion at the EduBlogger Con event. My badge to the left shows a little about how my first day went. First, I attended an EduBlogger Con session, which, in my humble opinion, should be a must…
James Surowiecki’s groundbreaking book is so full of poignant statements and analyses that trying to find one quote to sum up the book’s theme is difficult. However, two quotes stick out for me in trying to convey Surowiecki’s main theme. On the topic of how best to run an organization, Surowiecki states, “Suggesting that the…
Ok, ok, ok, call me Arlen Specter. I broke down and joined Twitter. As a Technology Specialist attending a four day technology conference in DC, it really just had to be done. While you make a great point, Nana, about all social networking sites not being a ‘one size fits all,’ I discovered that by…
Network Filtering: Hmmm……… Philadelphia is one of those districts that blocks YouTube. I struggle with the filtering system we have here in Philly. On one hand, I am very supportive of it since many teachers have terrible classroom management or don’t seem to think twice when they let their students have ‘free time’ on the…
Why I Don’t have a Twitter AccountJust to show how obsessive people get about Twitter, here is a blog with the top ten (no joke) Twitter songs–songs written specifically about Twitter.http://www.bspcn.com/2009/02/28/top-10-twitter-songs-of-all-time/ I currently have a Facebook account and a MySpace account AND a Friendster account. This shows the progression of social networking (SN) sites over…