I’m in process of working my way through the materials for Week One in my first MOOC (Massive Open Online Course). The course is on the setup, develop, and facilitation of blended learning activities. The course, and materials for the course are available by clicking here. I have had numerous opportunities to create and facilitate blended learning activities…
In recent work and professional development with teachers and colleagues I’ve noticed a subtle trend…hack has become a bad word. Actually I misspoke, hack hasn’t become a bad word…my use of it in conversation has come off as a bad word. Here’s an example… Colleague: “Ian, I want to watch videos from YouTube on my iPad.” Me:…
As the week of work at the 2012 MA New Literacies Institute wrapped up, I was left with a ton of thoughts about what this means in regards to my work with teachers and their use of technology in the classroom. I discussed these in length in a previous post on this blog, but in all honesty…
As the week of festivities at the MA New Literacies Institute (NLI) 2012 wraps up I’ve taken some time to reflect on the events of the week. One common thread that has me thinking as I’ve made my way back from Cambridge is the role of responsibility of teachers as they make room for technology…
We are quickly approaching the week of festivities for the Massachusetts New Literacies Institute 2012. For those of you that are unaware, we bring in 100 teachers from all over the State, and 10 teacher leaders. The week is a gigantic workshop/conference/professional development extravaganza. We have a great schedule of keynotes, digging deeper sessions, and focused…
NOTE: Much of this content is antiquated as we’ve moved to a BYOB policy and currently use student blogs as a communication and assessment tool. Also…we never used iPads, we started off the program using Chromebooks and have always been using GAFE. Follow the IT&DML tag on this blog to see the evolution of the…
In a new series of blog posts, brothers Ian O’Byrne, a researcher at the New Literacies Research Lab, and Scott Myers, English teacher and Department Head at a high school in the Philadelphia metropolitan area, share their thoughts on issues of the thoughtful integration of the Internet and other communication technologies into classrooms. The first…