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Today I thought a blog field trip would be fun. What is a blog field trip? Well, if you regularly view this blog and leave a comment or just lurk (which is great as well). Today, I thought you could spend your time at Cognitive Technologies and leave a comment there or lurk on that […]
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Leave a Comment (3) →Just a little reminder about a webinar I am giving on Friday, Sept. 26th. The description is below. All are welcome. Register Now. It’s free. Transferring Knowledge to the New Style of Learner: Extending the Classroom Beyond the Four Walls Date: Friday, September 26, 2008 10:00 a.m. PDT Length: 90 minutes Description: New learning tools […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →Currently I am working with a group of educators and others on the early stages of creating an educational video game to teach middle school students concepts related to engineering. The project is sponsored by the National Science Foundation. Specifically, we are attempting to teach in an adventure game concepts in the areas of Science, […]
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Leave a Comment (1) →This morning, I had a great time giving a presentation to a group over in the UK via a mash up of Skype and Second Life. I presented to the Eduverse Foundation Symposium. Of course I would have liked to have been there in person but, since it was a virtual world conference, I figured […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →Cal Wick and I pose for a picture at the Fort Hill Company in DE. Last week I had the opportunity to visit with Calhoun Wick, author of the book The Six Disciplines of Break Through Learning. Cal is also the winner of Will Thalheimer’s Neon Elephant Award which Cal received in 2006. Cal is […]
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Leave a Comment (1) →Many times, training or learning events are seen by executives or management as a cure for something that cannot be “fixed” by mere training or learning events. For example, ethics, diversity and compliance training in response to specific and repeated incidents cannot and will not be effective if a support structure is not in place […]
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Leave a Comment (2) →Gordon Synder of Gordon’s Information and Communications Technologies (ICT) Blog has a great post titled Obama on Technology and Innovation where Gordon summarizes Obama’s policy. I have reproduced some of it here but check out the entire post. 1. Ensure the full and free exchange of information among Americans through an open Internet and diverse […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →Today I am off to the SAME-TEC conference in Austin, TX. The conference is a combination of three National Science Foundation (NSF) Centers. My job is to evaluate the conference for the NCTT Center for which I serve as an external evaluator (which I have done for several years.) For this conference, I have created […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →So the Wii Fit is out. I’ve written before about getting exercise with the Wii. Check out Get People Moving…have them play a Video Game But for a fun laugh check out this great parody of the Wii Fit. Funny stuff. Although, on a sadder note, doesn’t the parody remind you of the hype of […]
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Leave a Comment (3) →In early June my family was fortunate enough to go on a trip to Hawaii, I had never been there before so it was a great chance to see the birthplace of the hula and of surfing. To that end, our family decided to take surfing lessons…a very tourist-in-Hawaii thing to do…it was great! We […]
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