21st Century Collaborative

Interesting discussion over on Student 2.0 by Sean (the bass player) a student in Scotland and a group of teachers. The post was inspired from some well meant questions from a caring American adult (teacher) who was chatting with Sean at 1:30am (Scotland). I think it was more the perceived inferences Sean drew from the [...]

I gain so much from my personal Community of Practice- the Teacher Leaders Network. After a couple weeks of venting in the community about the challenges and struggles each of us were dealing with in our professional settings-  this prompt, like a breath of fresh air, came through. So, what’s GOOD AND RIGHT in your [...]

A few weeks ago I found myself frustrated by the fact that I was too busy to enjoy life’s little pleasures. For example, I had gotten a new I-Touch for my birthday and hadn’t had time to explore and my OLPC laptop had finally arrived and there had not been even a moment to open [...]

As I was reading Jennifer Jones’ post on viral PD today I found myself thinking how cool it is that in a community we all have a piece of the puzzle. One of the challenges we face in the 21st Century though is how we collectively connect ideas in such a way that the big [...]

My teacher leader colleague posted questions in the San Francisco Chronicle and  both Senators Clinton and Obama responded. I think these are worth a quick read and while not technology/learning community focused– worth highlighting here. So how about you? Have you posed your questions to the candidates yet? Chronicle readers question the candidates: Sen. Hillary [...]

  Posted by: jimhighland | February 4, 2008http://hvlc.wordpress.com/2008/02/04/making-a-mint-competition/ Making a Mint competition    NESTA (National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts) is offering free resources and prizes in its Making a Mint competition. Making a Mint is a botany and enterprise project for 7-14-year-olds from NESTA’s Future Innovators Team and Planet Science. The competition, [...]