21st Century Collaborative

I decided to capture my NECC experience journal style so I can archive the experience for later. This year at NECC was very different than any conference experience I have ever had. I worked very hard and had little time to really relax. However, the value added to my own professional learning was immense. I [...]

Thinking of my experience at NECC and how the most precious moments were those spent in creative, spontanious interaction with edubloggers… Kohn (2004) explains it like this- when we are engaged and motivated and feel minimal stress, information flows freely through the affective filter in the amygdala and we achieve higher levels of cognition, make [...]

For the past two days, I have given myself the gift of giving into the experience rather than using part of my hours to record the experience: a precious gift indeed. I will catch up and share all I am seeing and feeling here at NECC, probably tonight. The Quick and SkinnyBeing in the room [...]