Although I missed Bill Fitzgerald’s Educon 2.2 presentation about online portfolios in Drupal, I’ve been studying his demo site for that presentation: http://educon20.com/posts/4/user I need to overlay his recent work with his book about the educational development of Drupal (http://www.funnymonkey.com/), but he’s stating some very intriguing ideas about a more simplified portfolio structure that servers [...]
Okay, let’s conclude my notes about Educon 2.2. School Policy Panel Discussion: I listed to some, but the parts I heard were very general– “we all make policies all the time” sort of thing. I won’t comment more, since I switched to working online. Invitation to Inquiry: This was a relatively fun session, because different [...]
Here’s some observations so far from Educon 2.2 “What is Smart” Panel discussion: many attendees felt that the discussion was too broad and focused too much on trying to decide what “smart” meant. Some general ideas about areas of affinity, finding a passion, differentiated learning, inquiry-based learning, project-based learning and memorization were tossed in, but [...]
So far, I’ve survied the trip to Philadelphia, survived the “What is Smart” Panel discussion, had a great time with a group of ISED-L types at dinner last night, and now I have the final version of my Prezi done for my “Many to Many” conversation this morning at 10:00: http://prezi.com/8ypptizb10k7/ Now, for six blocks [...]
Okay, I’m using Prezi for the first time to create an opening presentation for a conversation at Educon 2.2. Here’s a link to draft six: http://prezi.com/8ypptizb10k7/ Earlier drafts are linked at that URL. This draft is about 80 percent done. Feel free to comment. I only learned about Prezi at a conference presentation last Friday [...]
I plan to go to Educon 2.2 (http://educon22.wikispaces.com/) where I have a “conversation” I’m leading. Let me know if you will also be at the conference. Many to Many– How Entire School Communities Can Collaborate Presenter: Jim Heynderickx Presenter Affiliation: Director of Technology, American School in London Conversational Focus/Audience: All School Levels Conversation Description: Clay [...]
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