Working At The Edge

Make School Different: Digital leadership & Transformation

Advocating for the Internet and Social Media

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As I’m catching up on some interesting finds on the internet this weekend, I stumbled onto a few posts that seemed to connect around this idea of advocating for the use of the Internet and social media. In the first post, Mimi Ito shares What Teens Get About the Internet That Parents Don’t. The title […]

Are we educators literate for the 21st Century?

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This was one of my most memorable takeaways from the 2013 PETE & C conference held several weeks ago in Hershey, PA. It came from Rob Mancabelli’s presentation, “Learning in a networked world.” In the presentation, Rob referenced the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) position statement on the Definition of 21st Century Literacies. […]

Digital Age Parenting

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This post has been cross-posted to SalisburySD.US. A week ago, I shared a post asking parents and teachers how they manage digital distraction in the classroom and at home. We’ve had several replies in the comments section. Be sure to check them out and add yours if you haven’t already! Over the past week, I’ve […]

Quotes

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Recently, I was re-organizing my Evernote account and ran across a note that contained memorable quotes. I don’t recall specifically, but I probably collected these a few years ago and then stopped. After reading them, I felt the collection would make a good post on this blog. I’m not sure who said some of them, […]

Learnist

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This post was originally posted at TL2014.org. It is just as relevant here! With access to technology, today it is easier than ever to learn just about anything. One of the challenges, though, is how to find the information we want and need quickly. One way is to develop and refine our search skills. Recently, […]

Technology use “…if it’s appropriate.”

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I was checking out some of the video on the teachingchannel.org site in preparation for several workshops with teachers on Ruben Puentedura’s SAMR Model of Technology Integration. Here are two that got me thinking about how to move from the enhancement stages to the transformation stages within the SAMR Model: Daily Assessment with Tiered Exit […]

The Neutrality of Technology and Social Media

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This is a valuable share because we tend to blame technology rather than ourselves for the negatives. Technology is inherently neutral – neither good nor bad. It’s all in how WE choose to use it. The article The Advantages and Disadvantages of Student Social Media Use from Justin Marquis, Ph.D. (@drjwmarquis), effectively outlines a lot […]