Advertisements On October 18, 2011, 35 individuals representing 27 organizations attending a start-up meeting at the DuPage County (Illinois) Regional Office of Education to discuss an online learning initiative in the region. The presentation is included below. Participants identified several… Read More ›
Internet Safety
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Advertisements Image Credit Help me with this thought. Recently, I listened to other technology leaders talk about virtualizing iPads so the schools could run Windows applications and Flash content on those devices. This seems counterintuitive to the idea of portable… Read More ›
The Deregulation of Education: From Bubbles to Clicks
Advertisements Image Credit We need leaders who can work with the education community and the “education reformers, proponents of ” the status quo” and the “change agents.” Finances, changing demographics, and performance measures are putting pressure on the current system…. Read More ›
Blackboard World 2011 Notes
Advertisements The Venetian was the site of Blackboard World 2011 I recently attended two days of the Blackboard World conference in Las Vegas, Nevada. Below are notes for sessions I attended, my session presentation, and random thoughts. Session: Seven Best… Read More ›
“Blended Learning” Thoughts
Advertisements Blended Learning Image Source Here are some thoughts about “Blended Learning:” Blended Learning is a new catch phrase of online learning enthusiasts, a modification of the term “hybrid courses.” Essentially part of a student’s learning is a traditional… Read More ›
Remote Education Act
Advertisements Image Credit More about the Remote Education Act can be found on this Concordia University Chicago digital learning workshop page.
Written Comments to the Senate Education Committee
Advertisements Image Credit Comments for House Bill 3223 for Senate Education Committee May 13, 2011 My name is Jeffrey Hunt. I am the director of e-learning at Indian Prairie School District 204 in Aurora, Illinois. I am an educational… Read More ›
Notes from District 219 Technology Conference, 04/09/11
Advertisements Notes from the D219 Technology Conference, April 9, 2011 Keynote: Cracking the Native Information Experience — David Warlick Handouts at http://Handouts.idave.us Starts presentations with something he did not know yesterday. (Books everyone should read, info graphic) Teachers must be master… Read More ›
Notes from iNACOL’s Midwestern Regional Professional Development Symposium
Advertisements Random Notes from the meeting, April 4, 2011. Symposium wiki. Susan Patrick’s Keynote. It’s a new landscape with new leadership at the state levels and in state houses. Global trends (from Educause): mobile learning, cloud computing, 1:1 computing, ubiquitous… Read More ›
ICE 2011
Advertisements (Image Credit) Just returned from two days at the Illinois Computing Educators (ICE) annual conference where ICE was celebrating 25 years as an organization. The ICE conference is always an outstanding way to see what’s happening in classrooms… Read More ›