promising practices – When the Curves Line Up

Digital Learning is About Flipping the Teacher

November 11, 2013 Jeffrey L. Hunt 21st Century Fluencies, Five Technology Trends in Schools, Internet Safety, Leadership, online learning, Personal Technologies, Technology

Advertisements Image Credit Much has been written about Jon Bergmann’s movement around flipping the classroom. Digital learning is more about flipping the teacher. As illustrated

Blended Learning Taxonomy: Not Ready For Prime Time

November 2, 2013 Jeffrey L. Hunt 21st Century Fluencies, Five Technology Trends in Schools, Internet Safety, online learning, Personal Technologies

Advertisements Having just returned from iNACOL’s Blended and Online Learning Symposium, I am confused by the term “Blended Learning.” Not confused in my understanding, but

Online Learning Reading List

July 24, 2013 Jeffrey L. Hunt 21st Century Fluencies, Five Technology Trends in Schools, Internet Safety, Leadership, online learning, Personal Technologies

Advertisements Bush, J. & Wise, B. (2010). Digital learning now. Tallahassee, FL: Foundation for Excellence in Education. Cavanaugh, C. (2009). Getting students more learning time

Tech Forum Note — 05/03/13

May 6, 2013 Jeffrey L. Hunt 21st Century Fluencies, Five Technology Trends in Schools, Leadership, online learning, Personal Technologies, Technology

Advertisements At last Friday’s Techforum Chicago, I listed intently during presentations about innovations in schools. One of the themes of the conversations was about creating

A Different View of Digital Citizenship

January 1, 2013 Jeffrey L. Hunt 21st Century Fluencies, Five Technology Trends in Schools, Internet Safety, Leadership, online learning, Personal Technologies, Technology

Advertisements Image Credit Many digital citizenship programs focus on digital citizenship with students with a list of “don’ts.” The ideas below look at positive and

Notes From Techcon 2012

October 30, 2012 Jeffrey L. Hunt 21st Century Fluencies, Five Technology Trends in Schools, Leadership, online learning, Personal Technologies, Technology

Advertisements Techcon 2012 Techcon occurred October 26, 2012 at the Naperville Campus of Northern Illinois University. Over 160 local school administrators, technology leaders, and classroom

Virtual School’s Symposium 2012 Summary

October 28, 2012 Jeffrey L. Hunt 21st Century Fluencies, Five Technology Trends in Schools, Internet Safety, Leadership, online learning, Personal Technologies, Technology

Advertisements The student panel at the Virtual Schools Symposium 2012 Over 2,000 conferees assembled in New Orleans, Louisiana for iNACOL’s edition of its Virtual Schools Symposium

Where’s the Education Leadership on Technology in Schools?

October 10, 2012 Jeffrey L. Hunt 21st Century Fluencies, Five Technology Trends in Schools, Leadership, online learning, Personal Technologies, Technology

Advertisements Image Credit In 1988, Congress’ Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) reported the “most promising current uses and demonstrations” (pp.12-13) for computers: Drill and practice to master

Successful Online Courses

September 30, 2012 Jeffrey L. Hunt 21st Century Fluencies, Five Technology Trends in Schools, Internet Safety, Leadership, online learning, Personal Technologies, Technology

Advertisements Image Credit The SLATE Conference is October 11-12, 2012 at the Northern Illinois University campus in Naperville, Illinois. The conference brings together conferees who

Starting an Online Program: To Blend or Not to Blend

August 22, 2012 Jeffrey L. Hunt 21st Century Fluencies, Five Technology Trends in Schools, Internet Safety, Leadership, online learning, Personal Technologies, Technology

Advertisements Image Credit Blended Learning: First, in all of the blended programs, the students learn in a supervised brick-and-mortar location away from home at least