Entries from February 2007

Tuesday, February 6th, 2007

Navigating the New Information Landscape–David Warlick

David is beginning the session by stating that it is not about technology–it is about information. In fact, his goal is not to say “technology” at all during the presentation.
David describes the new world wide web as a “conversation“. Previously, it would have been best described as a library.
The Information Age Workplace
We are just now [...]

Tuesday, February 6th, 2007

Tagged! Leadership Meme

I’ve been tagged, at last–now I feel like a real part of a community! Rich Scheibner tagged me as part of the Leadership Meme. The discussion topic is “What are seven qualities we don’t know about you that help you be a leader?” Self-assessment–scary! Let’s see…

Curiosity–I want to learn about just about everything. This [...]

Tuesday, February 6th, 2007

Will Richardson on Blogging in Education

As I sit monitoring the Tech Staff room, I’m listening to an interview of Will Richardson from K12 Open Source.
Will Richardson’s biggest tip on getting started blogging:
1. READ other blogs. Look at what is happening for a few days/weeks. By doing so, you can see how the discussion occurs, view the tools used by bloggers, [...]

Tuesday, February 6th, 2007

TCEA Notes

I am in Austin for the Texas Computer Educators Association convention today. I will be attending a session by Miguel Guhlin entitled “Setting Up Web 2.0 in Your District” this afternoon. I will post my notes as it goes along. This morning, I’m sitting in the Tech Staff room, doing my part as a volunteer [...]