New hackable kit prototypes
My colleague Matt Thompson wrote an update on the Hackable Kits. Go check it out: http://openmatt.org/2013/04/30/hackable_kits/ This work has been evolving for a while. Check… Read More »New hackable kit prototypes
Concepts & Models
I design open educational programs and participation initiatives here in the 21st Century. Technology is fast moving, and my work requires a good bit of conceptualization and invention to discover ways of empowering lots of people. This category is little bit meta, but the models, concepts and frameworks within are meta-ideas that might make something you’re working on easier. As with many of “my” thoughts and ideas, I must give credit to the inspiring thinkers who have helped me develop these ideas over the years. You know who you are!
Hacktivity Kits != Event Agenda, but they sure are close…
In an ongoing effort to make Hacktivity Kits as useful as possible, I thought I would explain (quickly) what they are and how to use… Read More »Hacktivity Kits != Event Agenda, but they sure are close…
Making is Learning (Chad Sansing)
I recently made this video and wanted to make sure and share the Popcornified version :)
This just in: MOOCs are all the rage right now
As if you hadn’t seen the influx of moocyness over the last year. We’re now about halfway through the #ETMOOC experience, having launched Topic 3:… Read More »This just in: MOOCs are all the rage right now
East Coast Tour Reflections
I’ve been calling the last couple weeks my East Coast Tour. I only played air guitar once though, and there was, regrettably, no karaoke during… Read More »East Coast Tour Reflections
Mountains of Enrichment
When I was in the fifth grade, I was pulled out of my classes and put into a series of classes called “Enrichment”. It was… Read More »Mountains of Enrichment
Hacktivating Educators
Recently there have been some gentle shifts in the Learning Team at Mozilla. The ebb and flow of changing the world through the educational hacktivism… Read More »Hacktivating Educators
1-Pagers and Contributing
In the course of conceptualizing our modular Hacktivity Kits, we decided to create simple, visual 1-pagers for activities. Here are some prototypes (that are crappily… Read More »1-Pagers and Contributing
The Teacher Dashboard
I read most of this study before writing this post. I didn’t finish reading because I had an idea and am thus babbling about it… Read More »The Teacher Dashboard
The #EdTech “Hysteria”
I read this article “Let’s get to the Bottom of the #Edtech Hysteria” and my thought pattern got all jangle jumbled up. Then I read… Read More »The #EdTech “Hysteria”