21st Century Collaborative

Have you heard of the Teaching Channel? Neither had I until a talented video producer gave me a call and asked if I would be willing to serve as a pedagogical expert in a short professional development video. My task: Coach a first-year social studies teacher through the process of integrating social media into her [...]

The greatest accomplishments in life are not achieved by individuals alone, but by proactive people pulling together for a common good. Look behind every winner and you will find a great coach. Look out in front of every superstar and you will see a positive role model. Look alongside every great achiever and you will [...]

This was posted on the NSDC Website- felt you might find it s interesting as I do. The Department of Education has outlined initial guidelines for three components of American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) funding: the State Fiscal Stabilization Fund, Title I, and the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). You can find detailed [...]

I had the opportunity recently to facilitate a group of business, education, political and community leaders in a discussion about developing a workforce ready group of graduates in the 21st Century. I was given the task of relaying the experience. I have decided to share with you to see if you agree or disagree with [...]

Man, I love this work! Connecting and collaborating is something that really comes natural for me. I am the social cognitive learning theory poster child and I am finding that others also relate well to learning while observing and collaborating with others. Working with others online on common goals in an effort to improve education [...]

For those teacher leaders who served as mentors in the ENDAPT project last year or the year before, I wanted to share some good news!   The content analysis research Dr. Chris Gareis and I did on the computer mediated conversations that took place within our online mentoring community for novice teachers has won a [...]

59th AACTE Annual Meeting & Exhibits(American Association of Colleges of Teacher Education) FROM VISION TO ACTION         February 24-27, 2007         Hilton New York Had a great time at AACTE this year. This was my second time presenting at this conference! Last year was in California, this year New York and [...]

"When connections are weak…not more research, but better connections are needed," according to George Siemens.  I teach a variety of ICT courses to preservice teachers at The College of William and Mary. One of the common projects I have included in each course I have taught for the last three years is an electronic mentorship. [...]

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 [...]