Lately I’ve been chatting about edtech with a friend and in discussing how to get teachers (or anyone in any organization for that matter) not only interested in but embracing technology integration it occurred to me there might be a trajectory of sorts. What must you start with to get the “buy-in”? How do you progress from there? How might one show the possibilities so that folks can start thinking in this language rather than merely translating? I generally simplify things

This year I wanted to try out a little digital advent calendar. I toyed with the idea of creating my own template with something like Thinglink, but didn’t really have the time. Then I chanced upon https://tuerchen.com/ I’ve been using their template and uploading my own original artwork for the windows. (how it looks in editing mode) Frustrations so far have been not being able to hyperlink in the text box and not being able to scroll down to edit. I’ve solved this by using

I often talk about, as an intro to my Creativity presentations, the fact that a lot of people who meet me for the first time ask, “Are you an artist?” At first I apologetically replied “no”, despite the fact they probably caught me in the act of sketching in public. (my new response is “aren’t we all?”). Another common one I get is, “you must be in the fashion industry”, perhaps because I am usually a tad overdressed or whimsically dressed and always in black. Identity in the

I’ve been thinking about this a lot lately. My favourite drawing app, Paper by 53 , just released a cool new set of tools called Think. They promise to “recognize and correct objects in real time”, plus include a “fill” feature…that is, you can draw an imperfect circle and the app with make it perfect. I’ve been debating whether to use it or not. You see, I really love the look of haphazard strokes…of hand-drawn sketchiness…of things being off kilter just a little (you know,

Last week whilst in San Francisco I had the utmost privilege to sit on a panel with two brilliant gentlemen- David Meckel from California College of the Arts  (who worked with Charles and Ray Eames!), and Z. Mike Wang of the Minerva Project (which has always intrigued me). The event was hosted by San Francisco Design Firm MKThink (their space is unbelievably cool!) and the panel moderated by MKThinker Allan Donnelly. I must say I was a tad apprehensive, because if you know me

A while back, I wrote a brainstorm post about rethinking one’s course environment (be it digital, traditional, or blended): The Café, Studio , and Stage. Over the summer I was asked by Edutopia, one of my favourite go-to education sites, to compose a blog post for them on the same topic. You can find “Left-Bank Learning: When “Work Time” becomes “Studio Time” here. (includes a handy-dandy list of 6 hyperlinked tips. In December I’ll be kicking off CUE’s E-Learning Strategies

I’m a big fan of the Gutenberg Parenthesis Theory, which I was introduced to by media philosopher Alejandro Piscitelli. On a recent plane ride I decided to exercise my mind and write a little poem. It’s actually potentially part of a larger project I’m dabbling in. You can also listen to the audio clip below. For more resources, check out my Diigo folder on the subject. Or you can view a relatively old (2012) Prezi keynote I created. Another book I’m reading at the moment, Cl

It’s been a few days since returning from my third (and probably most inspiring) year at November Learning’s Building Learning Communities Conference (aka BLC13) at the exquisite Boston Park Plaza Hotel, which- as @Braddo pointed out upon arrival, has graciously included a portrait of me. All joking aside, I was thrilled to have attended, albeit alone (but, with Twitter, is one ever really alone?). For me, BLC is the ultimate conference…not only is it pedagogy (versus technol