21st Century Collaborative

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.

This information just in from Andy Carvin… The Pew Internet Project just released their latestreport on the state of at-home broadband access in theUS: http://www.pewinternet.org/PPF/r/217/report_display.asp Among the findings: * African Americans: 40% of now have broadband athome, up by 8 percentage points from 2006. * Rural Americans: 31% of those living in ruralareas have broadband [...]

Go out into the world today and love the people you meet. Let your presence light new light in the hearts of people. -Mother Teresa Thinking more about the homeless issue and how to make an impact. Steve Hargadon and I have been throwing ideas around for awhile now. I plan to Skype him into [...]

I am preparing for a couple workshops on homelessness I will be giving next week for the NC DOE and came across these two videos. Both caused me to stop and think… reflection is a good thing. Let’s see if they cause you to reflect as well. The one about what we model to children [...]

At the beginning of the third millennium a man began collecting cast-off computers in the corner of his dining room in southeast Portland. People who have access are living in a different society than those who do not have access. It seems the more social change is happening on cutting edge of technology, the more [...]

Voice for the VoicelessIn keeping with my context filter (Homeless Children and Children of Poverty) for the Connectivism conference I re-listened to Will’s presentation. Will says that networks are crucial and the best way to stay current is to network with other passionate learners who want to learn the things you do. As educators we [...]

Had the exciting priviledge of being interviewed by Steve Hargadon for his EdTalkLive show.EdTechLIVE’s weekly webcast interviews series by  Steve which focus on educational technology. His goal is to produce a library of recordings that provide good, brief introductions to different educational technologies that can be implemented in the K-12 school environment. I was most [...]

And the final podcast of 4 from my keynote for the NAEHCY conference. This shares valuable information that the homeless need you to know when working  with them, especially the 5 Es of blossoming. This clip also gives 7 tips of what you should do if you ever find yourself homeless. Click below to play [...]

As promised here is the 3rd podcast in a series of 4 from my NAEHCY conference keynote. This one relates my experiences after high school and into adulthood. Embedded are many stories and a theoretical justification about why we should use technology and inquiry driven approaches when working with high poverty populations. Specific examples of [...]

As promised, here is the next segment of my keynote at the National Association for the Education of Homeless Children and Youth. If you haven’t joined NAEHCY, you ought to consider it. DisclaimerAs a disclaimer, this post and podcast have nothing to do with technology or Web 2.0 per se, except to help the reader [...]