I work from the first moments to persuade people that it's possible for all of
us to learn together as a community in a more deeply satisfying and useful way
than if students take responsibility only for their own learning
Knowing why we use forums, blogs, wikis, synchronous chat and video, social
bookmarks, mindmaps is the foundation for the kind of active inquiry, culture of
conversation, self-directed collaborative groups that bring a peer learning
group to life.
The magic in this simple whiteboard exercise is that multiple actions can take
place simultaneously and nobody knows who is doing what.
talk about the importance of exploring close enough to the edge to fall over it
frequently. I model tolerance for error, learning from error, pushing the
envelope of tech