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Celebrating Failure
I guess it happens to everyone: that presentation that goes completely wrong from the get go. I had one of those this week. My laptop was acting up to the point that I took it to the IT department....
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Technology – Education’s magic bullet?
Before you think that this the beginning of a theme, based on last week’s post, let me assure you, I’m not anti-technology. Having said that, I’m not convinced that what technology brings to education...
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Book Review – The New Learning Commons: Where Learners Win!
Loertscher, D. V., Koechlin, C., Zwaan, S., Rosenfeld, E. (2011). The new learning commons: Where learners win!: Reinventing school libraries and computer labs (2nd ed.). Salt Lake City, UT: Hi Willow...
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Book Review – Building a Learning Commons
Koechlin, C., Rosenfeld, E., & Loertscher, D. V. (2010). Building the learning commons: A guide for school administrators and learning leadership teams. Salt Lake City, UT: Hi Willow Research &...
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Book Review – Google Apps for Education: Building Knowledge in a Safe and...
Nevin, R., Melton, M., & Loertscher, D. V. (2011). Google apps for education: Building knowledge in a safe and free environment. Salt Lake City, UT: Hi Willow Research and Pub. Nevin, Melton...
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Dewey Decimal and the Dodo Bird?
I just finished reading Are Dewey’s Days Numbered in the current issue of School Library Journal and I have to say that I’m conflicted about the idea of tossing out Melvil with yesterday’s garbage. I...
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Learning Commons as Athletic Space
One of the advantages of a long commute is that you do have plenty of time to think. It struck me on the drive in this morning that the model of the Learning Commons proposed by David Loertscher, et...
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A Study in Contrasts – My trip to the Johnstons Heights Secondary Learning...
I’m spending a fair amount of time thinking about the physical Learning Commons space these days. This has led to some great conversations and the beginning of a few visits to local schools that have...
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The Problem with Google
OK, maybe this isn’t a problem with Google so much as it is a problem with the idea that effective searching can be done via a single field (mind you, Google did seem to start us down this path.) As I...
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A rose by any other name would smell as sweet: Or would it?
I had an opportunity to visit the CLA (Canadian Library Association) 2011 Teacher Librarian of the year this week. We’d crossed paths a few times, more digitally than in person, prior to yesterday’s...
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A new year, a new project
Happy New Year to anyone who stumbles upon my blog. It was a very relaxed holiday after an intense end of semester finishing up an online search course and a course on the learning commons. Many of...
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PLE Project – Getting some traction
Exciting early days in the PLE project that I’ve been writing about of late. Recall that I’m exploring ways to leverage the power of Personal Learning Environments in a formal educational structure....
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The PLE project gets going
The project that I discussed last post is on the eve of launch. We are in the process of gathering some interested students to embark on an exploration of how PLEs inconnect with each other and with...
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Blogging 101
I know that when I started blogging, I was primarily concerned about getting a huge number of followers. Maybe that it’s that I don’t post regularly enough or perhaps it is that my interests are...
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My Favourite Five of my PLE PLN
So, it’s time to put my money where my mouth is. As you may know from reading my other posts, I’ve assigned my students to collect 20 blogs on one topic and subscribe to them in Google Reader. Once...
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The Week’s Reflections
Copyright All rights reserved by David CromptonUsed with permission. As I sit with my big cup of joe (Bugaboo from Kicking Horse Coffee Co. - if you care), I’m thinking back on my week. There were...
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Social Bookmarking and Curating
Some rights reserved By Bête à Bon-Dieu @ Flickr.com OK, I don’t normally blog about tech tools. There doesn’t seem to be much point given that there are so many people out there who do it so well....
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Review: Personal Learning Networks: Using the Power of Connections to...
Will Richardson and Rob Mancabelli present a great balance of theory, anecdotes and practical advice in this book that has received wide recognition as one of the best books in educational technology...
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Inquiry Hub Visit, Coquitlam, BC
I’m sure that anyone who has been teaching for any length of time has had dreams of what their ideal school would look like. No school is perfect and the teaching situation we find ourselves in may...
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Categories
I was skimming my Twitter feed this morning just before I headed out for a run (in a hale-storm it turns out!) when I came across a tweet asking for advice on whether the author should pursue problem...
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