I just love synchronicity.
Twitter today brought me to this blog post on creativity
The post talks about how to encourage creativity in your classroom. Some tips include
Let the students sleep on it.
Interruptions can impede creativity so warn students when you are going to interrupt them so they can finish their thoughts.
Consolidate learning objectives into multi-disciplinary projects [...]
Watching a stand and deliver sales presentation last week, I was very bored.
I’m thinking, this is a good thing, I should do this more often. It connects me to how our students feel when they are cut off from their technology and have to listen to a teacher deliver 40 minutes of lecture.
I just wanted [...]
January is ending as is the twitter effect experimonth.
Onto February a new expeirmonth topic release tomorrow.
Might even get the experimonth graphic finished and uploaded
Inauguration day.
A ”tweet call out” last week from coolcatteacher had me engaging with a classroom outside of my own school, outside of my own state. She was demonstrating twitter to her class and called for us to respond by replying to her and sharing where we were from and how we used twitter. Coolcatteacher (aka Vicki Davis) [...]
So today I answered a question for @spedteacher who wants to connect with his tribe.
I sent him to a twitter4teachers wiki.
I had added my twitter id a few weeks ago. I hope he finds some great people to connect and learn with. I am sure others will respond with good info too, so I [...]
Personal Learning Network explained and expanded on Slideshare.
Slideshare is a site where you can upload powerpoint presentations and share them publicly or privately. Today’s tweet came from @gardenglen
View the slideshare here. It is well worthwhile. I would really like to see a student authored version. Have them explain how they use the network to learn.
If [...]
Stepping out of the echo chamber, is harder than you think.
Today I went fishing in twitter. I veered totally off topic and away from the education technologists that I usually follow.
I regularly read a blog by an artist I like. Leah of creativeeveryday. Today’s trail started when Leah mentioned on her blog a creative coach [...]
This is a pln (personal learning network) at work.
@kellyhines a fourth grade teacher sends out the call for ideas…
@theheroworkshop answers with the idea. (these are in reverse order, that’s how twitter updates)
In the hands of a skilled educator, a project is created.
View the students writing blog here.
My first thought is 50 students? Wow.
It is no wonder that [...]
The power of twitter. I love stories. This one highlights how you never know when your apparent wasting of time in front of the screen actually turns out to be the best thing you could have been doing. At some point that time will manifest itself as worthwhile. It will happen probably where you least [...]
I was happy to receive this tweet today hailing the just released today mac beta version of skype that allows screen sharing. Can’t wait for it to be released for windows, I am assuming that it is going to be.
Info is useful as I am in the process of helping school decide on a language [...]
