I have been reading the posts on the ning and am often hesitant to jump in. I'm not sure if I would be the choir or the preacher, but either way I couldn't say that I don't hold a defined and articulated opinion when it comes to the need and importance of using technology. With that being said, I think that one of the problems we have is trying to make the curriculum, the staff and the students fit the technology as opposed to finding the right tool for the job.
Everyone usually thinks that bein… Continue

So wrap your brain around this - pulled from "Streams of Content, Limited Attention: The Flow of Information through Social Media" Which I posted here earlier -

Peter and I saw her speak at this Expo

danah boyd
Web2.0 Expo
New York, NY
17 November 2009

Homophily. In a networked world, people connect to people like themselves. What flows across the network flows through edges of similarity. The ability to connect to others like us allows us to flow information across space and time in i… Continue

Really interesting crib sheet by danah boyd about living in streams of information. This was from the conference that Peter and I recently attended in NY.

"Consider what it means to be "in flow" in an information landscape defined by networked media and you will see where Web2.0 is taking us. The goal is not to be a passive consumer of information or to simply tune in when the time is right, but rather to live in a wo… Continue

http://www.americanscientist.org/issues/pub/2009/6/multitasking-to-distraction

This is surprising, but not really.

My brother-in-law is an IT guy, and he introduced me to the term(s)/concept above. Perhaps this is a dark time of the year -- or the night -- but I'm feeling something like "the trough" about the ning we've been trying to use in Senior Writing. I think it has potential, but I'm not sure how to maximize it. The kids haven't really gotten excited about it -- I've heard more pushback than enthusiasm. Part of this, I'm sure, is my… Continue