This post discusses how to build your own Personal (or Professional) Learning Network. Instead of starting by telling you which tools to use, I want to talk about why you would do this in the first place.…
This is a photo of my high school math teacher, Coach John Wa...
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“Genius is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration!” ‑Thomas Alva Edison
“I discovered the meaning of life but I forgot to write it down.” ‑Hugh Gallagher
You know those times when you are struck with a brilliant, life‐altering, million‐dollar, save‐the‐worl...
Everyone loves Firefox because there are so many great user‐created Add‐Ons that make your web browser into much, much more. Add‐ons allow you to customize your browser to make tasks easier. This extra performance comes at a slight cost; the more add‐ons you pile on...
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What follows is an account of how I amassed a coterie of past and present students as friends on my social networks. I share this in the attempt to find out where other teachers draw the line between their offline and online selves. Would you friend stude...
A few years ago, one of my college buddies from back home told me to start a MySpace page, so I did. Before the weekend was over, three of my students had found it and linked me as their friend. Before the end of the year, I had over 90 friends– most under 16 years old. The same thing happened again...