A Teacher’s Thoughts

I have been involved with a First Lego League team for the past two years now. We didn’t go to the competition last year, but today, we are going. This has been such a positive experience for each of the team members this year. I have seen a great deal of motivation […]

There seems to be an undercurrent buzz of “So what” coursing around the edublogosphere lately. Perhaps it is the continued tiresome rush of new tools flooding the web and our desire to play with them. There is nothing wrong with playing with these new tools. Are we not modeling curiosity, exploration and […]

Digesting a conference has always been a process that involves time for me. This may take a little longer. I attended Wikis Across the Curriculum presented by the cool cat teacher over in Augusta, Maine. We created a wiki as part of the conference while the whole event was streamed live on […]

Ok, so its not Shanghai, but none the less, getting a bunch of tech minded folk together for a couple days of sharing, collaboration, and learning is a good thing. The Association of Computer Technology Educators of Maine are sponsoring Learning in a 2.0 World, to be held the end of next week in […]

I have been thinking about this lately as I reflect on my own learning. Below is advice given to me by my graduate advisor (I studied Zoology).

Try not to take classes.
Pick an area you love.
Figure out what is important.
Read everything on that topic.
Build a network of people who are working on the same or […]