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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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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

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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

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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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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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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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Student-Teacher Interaction Essential in Online Courses

August 5, 2012 Jeffrey L. Hunt 21st Century Fluencies, Five Technology Trends in Schools, Leadership, online learning, Personal Technologies, Technology

Advertisements (Click the image to see it larger.) Student-teacher interaction is essential in online courses. Online courses require rich content that includes many modalities for

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Chart Caption - 2023, January 28: Venus, Jupiter, and Saturn are in the southwestern sky after sundown.
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Author's Notes: Look for Venus and Saturn in the southwest. Four bright planets are visible until month's end, when Saturn departs. "That bright star" in the south-southwest after sundown is Jupiter. The moon joins the evening sky this week. Mars is slowly moving eastward with Taurus as the starry backdrop.

Chart Caption - 2023, January 28: Mars is high in the east-southeast, above Winter’s bright evening stars.
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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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