I had the wonderful opportunity today to participate in two conference sessions that were led by George Couros. George is a very dynamic speaker with an exciting message and energy that is highly contagious. I had seen his first session before, “The Innovator’s Mindset,” and was very impressed with how polished the presentation has become. …
Category: Pushing Back
My Take on the Proposed 5th R of Openness
In 2007, David Wiley introduced the world to the 4Rs of Open Content: Reuse – Use the work verbatim, just exactly as you found it Rework – Alter or transform the work so that it better meets your needs Remix – Combine the (verbatim or altered) work with other works to better meet your needs …
Toward Improving the Instructional Use of Technology
I’ve appreciated the discussion taking place over the last few days regarding SAMR, and am impressed with the variety of opinions and pressures resulting from varied local implementations. Stop the SAMR madness. Wow. — David Jakes (@djakes) February 24, 2014 Because my district has yet to “shove SAMR” down teachers’ throats, I didn’t realize how invested …
Today We Fight Back Against Mass Surveillance #privacyisaright
As has been written in the International Principles on the Application of Human Rights to Communications Surveillance: Privacy is a fundamental human right, and is central to the maintenance of democratic societies. It is essential to human dignity and it reinforces other rights, such as freedom of expression and information, and freedom of association, and …
If Tomorrow is #DLDay, When Do We Celebrate Learning with Pencils? #LwPDay
February 5th is Digital Learning Day! Fun, I know. There’s a pledge you can take, by clicking a link. I took it, I know.1 There’s even an official avatar. How many days do you know that have their own avatar? Now, I appreciate a good party as much as the next guy, but why do we really …
When Learning Isn’t Vulnerability
I’ve sat on this post for several days now, because I empathize with the sense of fear that George Siemens described two weeks ago: When I first started blogging, I had a sense of fear with every post (“did that sound stupid?”), loss of sleep soul-searching when a critical comment was posted, and envy when peers posted …