incredible connections Archive

  • I am involved in the writing/evaluating of a grant request for a local school that would, as part of its request, consider using collaborative learning tools to promote learning inside...

    The messiness of it all: Assessment

    I am involved in the writing/evaluating of a grant request for a local school that would, as part of its request, consider using collaborative learning tools to promote learning inside...

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  • This is only one piece, of one conversation, at one point in time… but never before have I seen a more accurate depiction of blog-based conversations and communication than this...

    Mapping the blogosphere

    This is only one piece, of one conversation, at one point in time… but never before have I seen a more accurate depiction of blog-based conversations and communication than this...

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  • To Graham Stanley (Barcelona), Judi Franz (Irvine, CA), Don Federico Salvago (Toluca, MX), my husband, John (Oberlin, OH), Adora Thurber (????) and Verónica Hendrichs Troeglen (Toluca, MX): my sincerest thanks...

    A community of apprentices and experts, loosely joined

    To Graham Stanley (Barcelona), Judi Franz (Irvine, CA), Don Federico Salvago (Toluca, MX), my husband, John (Oberlin, OH), Adora Thurber (????) and Verónica Hendrichs Troeglen (Toluca, MX): my sincerest thanks...

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  • The end of the semester is upon us, and the Arabic class wanted one more opportunity to speak with Effat College in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Previously, we had chatted with...

    Skype…now with video

    The end of the semester is upon us, and the Arabic class wanted one more opportunity to speak with Effat College in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Previously, we had chatted with...

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  • Barbara Ganley and others have been chiding me/us about the perceived –lack– of activity on this site. Funny, I don’t feel like I am out of the blogging loop…I just...

    Whar ya been?

    Barbara Ganley and others have been chiding me/us about the perceived –lack– of activity on this site. Funny, I don’t feel like I am out of the blogging loop…I just...

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  • I found this post about passion and teaching and thought ift was remarkable And then this about the student side of the equation…. Hmmmm…. more coming…

    Passionate teaching and learning…yes! That's it!!!

    I found this post about passion and teaching and thought ift was remarkable And then this about the student side of the equation…. Hmmmm…. more coming…

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  • This afternoon my husband and I attended a funeral for someone we had never met: Jim Gould. Well, at least, we had never met him physically. We met and collaborated...

    Incredible connections, and sad goodbyes

    This afternoon my husband and I attended a funeral for someone we had never met: Jim Gould. Well, at least, we had never met him physically. We met and collaborated...

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  • A fabulous example of language, blogging and charting history: From an article writen by BRUNO GIUSSANI originally in the International Herald Tribune and then reported through the New York Times...

    Blogging history in France

    A fabulous example of language, blogging and charting history: From an article writen by BRUNO GIUSSANI originally in the International Herald Tribune and then reported through the New York Times...

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  • Many thanks to Barbara Ganley for the lovely post and the very kind mention in her blog. After a particularly trying day in higher ed (too many meetings) and a...

    What a difference a post can make…

    Many thanks to Barbara Ganley for the lovely post and the very kind mention in her blog. After a particularly trying day in higher ed (too many meetings) and a...

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  • Another contentious evening on Edtechtalk (brainstorming session for Saturday December 17th) . Even my husband John decided to play along. Apparently somewhere along the line when we weren’t looking it...

    We kid because we like (part 3)

    Another contentious evening on Edtechtalk (brainstorming session for Saturday December 17th) . Even my husband John decided to play along. Apparently somewhere along the line when we weren’t looking it...

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