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Blogging from ThinkTank: Making Schooling Relevant

Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008

I’m currently attending Lenovo’s ThinkTank 2008 conference at Wake Forest University, and this morning had the pleasure of listening to Greg Whitby’s keynote address, “Making Schooling Relevant.” Greg’s presentation is available from his website, but here are two key points from the session: When it comes to technology in schools, the question is not about [...]

Reflections from METC

Wednesday, February 6th, 2008

For the past two days I’ve been immersed in professional development at the Midwest Education Technology Conference (METC). Now that the conference has ended, I finally have time to process all that I’ve seen, heard and learned. Looking back on the sessions I attended, several themes emerged that I think are applicable to all of [...]

Blogging from METC: Libraries and Storytelling

Wednesday, February 6th, 2008

This morning I attended two extremely informative and entertaining METC sessions.  The first, from noted librarian Joyce Valenza, was “Web 2.0 Meets Information Fluency: Translating 21st Century Library Practice Across the Curriculum.”  Joyce’s presentation, available here, was an excellent look at how libraries and information management are changing in and out of the classroom.  Joyce [...]