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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

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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

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Technology Integration: Stuck in an Infinite Loop

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

Advertisements Recently, the advertisement above appeared in a national educational technology magazine.  I sent out a tweet, asking “Why would I want do this in my

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Innovation and Democracy

August 11, 2012 Jeffrey L. Hunt 21st Century Fluencies, Five Technology Trends in Schools, Internet Safety, Leadership, online learning, Personal Technologies, Technology

Advertisements Image Credit Is innovation a democratic process? Innovate:  to introduce something new; make changes in anything established. (reference) In Disrupting Class, author Clayton Christen informs school boards that introducing digital learning

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Chart Caption - 2023, May 30: Saturn is about 30° above the southeast horizon during morning twilight.
Chart Caption - 2023, May 30: Jupiter and Mercury are in the eastern sky during bright twilight.
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Author's Notes: Jupiter and Saturn are in the eastern morning sky before daybreak. Mercury is below Jupiter during brighter twilight. The crescent moon is in the evening sky. Two bright planets are in the western evening sky. Look for Evening Star Venus. It is stepping eastward below Pollux. Mars marches eastward toward the Beehive star cluster in Cancer, to the upper left of Pollux.

Chart Caption - 2023, May 29: Venus passes Pollux in the western sky. Mars is to the upper left.
Chart Caption - 2023, May 29: Through a binocular, Mars approaches the Beehive star cluster.
Chart caption - 2023, May 29: The gibbous moon is in the southern sky near Spica after nightfall.
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Copyright Statement: This web site is written and edited by Dr. Jeffrey L. Hunt. The photos and diagrams are made by the author unless otherwise credited. Raw data is from the U.S. Naval Observatory, Starry Night computer program.

Content is derived from multiple astronomical sources, including the U.S. Naval Observatory, NASA, ESA, and various books, including Astronomical Tables of the Sun, Moon and Planets by Jean Meeus.  Starry Night and Stellarium computer programs are used as well.  Updates and corrections are made as required.  Some articles are updated at the time of actual astronomical events with new photographs.  The author strives for accurate information.

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