Entries Tagged as 'VSS2007'

Tuesday, November 6th, 2007

Why should students come to class?

If my students can do the majority of their work with writing and reading online…If my students can receive all of their assignments online…If my students can maintain constant contact with their friends, classmates, and teachers online…If my students can create spaces to come together or work alone online…
What do should we do in the [...]

Monday, November 5th, 2007

Mini-Edublogger Meetup at VSS2007

I would like to propose a meet-up for anyone who is blogging, podcasting, or tagging at VSS2007. Please comment on this post if you would like to be a part of this. We could meet at a session or simply eat at the same table at lunch. I would love to know what other bloggers [...]

Monday, November 5th, 2007

Evangelists for Learning

Point #1:
“The people that complain are our best customers, not our worst.” -Jackie Huba
In the keynote for NACOL VSS 2007: Jackie Huba, an advertising consultant and blogger, is talking about creating learning evangelists. Her idea is that word of mouth is all powerful. The students and parents that complain about learning are the ones [...]

Sunday, November 4th, 2007

Without Community…

This is my first time blogging from in on an airplane. My daughter, Isabelle, may be the cause of that. She is cleverly intriguing, so much so that it is difficult to be very reflective when she is saying “da da da” at you. My trip today, and the reason for this blog post, is [...]