21st Century Collaborative

There is a price to be paid for community driven learning- TIME. There are only so many hours in a day to invest in reading, learning, writing, and all that goes with being part of a community of learners. The benefits far outweigh the cost, so I am not complaining, however, it is beginning to [...]

Do you know Kevin Honeycutt? If you do not, you should. He is wise, talented, sincere, loves kids, and wildly funny. Here is a vidcast we did at the recent NCAETC conference. The most fun I have ever had in an interview.

The disruptive "anytime, anyplace, and that means right now darn it" nature of the tools never ceases to amaze me. So I am in NYC with Will Richardson presenting and a Skype window comes up where someone just added me to their "friends" in Skype. The audience giggles and Will walks behind me and whispers, [...]

I had a chance to present at the NCAECT state conference as their keynote presenter. What a great conference! If you ever get the chance to go– you really should! People from around the world attended via Ustream, Twitter, Skype and other back channel discussions. The conference organizers were top notch. As the keynoter it [...]

What a day! While riding in the car on my way to NC, I participated in a conference call with colleagues with whom I am helping to lead a virtual community around Professional Learning Communities in North Carolina. I then led the last Elluminate session for year three of the Microsoft Partners in Learning  21st [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

"Technological change is not additive; it’s ecological. A new technology does not merely add something; it changes everything." – Neil Postman A few weeks ago, one of the Powerful Learning Practice communities members from Western New York shared this Ted Talks piece by Lessig. The highlights of the clip are below: Read/write culture allows us [...]

Quite a few teacher leaders have been joining the blogosphere as of late. Looking for some provocative new bloggers to add to your aggregator? These thought provoking practitioners will NOT let you down. Teacher Leaders Nerwork BLOGS Bill Ferriter – The Tempered Radicalhttp://teacherleaders.typepad.com/the_tempered_radical/ Nancy Flanagan – Teacher in a Strange Landhttp://teacherleaders.typepad.com/teacher_in_a_strange_land/ Renee Moore – TeachMoorehttp://teacherleaders.typepad.com/teachmoore/ [...]