Augmented Reality Sir Ken Robinson keynote Handy Tips from TeacherRicks - Blog Log I thought I’d use my first blog to write about the conference that inspired me to start blogging in the first place. Last weekend (I can’t believe it’s only been a week) I attended a conference in Wichita, Kansas called Podstock. I guess though, before I can talk about Podstock, I have to explain how a girl from Arkansas ended up in Kansas. It all started about a month ago when I attended a teacher workshop taught by a new friend of mine, David. He introduced us to a new social network (okay it’s not really new, just new to me) called Plurk. I have to be honest. About two weeks ago I attended another workshop called “The Wired Learner,” presented by another new friend, Kevin Honeycutt. I’m pretty tech savvy; its not uncommon for other teachers to come to me and ask for help. He also talked about that weird website, Plurk. One common topic of conversation that week on Plurk was an up coming conference called Podstock. Early, on July 15th, I began my journey to Podstock.
Measuring the success of your educational initiative The question I’m asked most often is, “How do I assess whether my technology initiative has improved learning”? My answer is always the same - “What are you measuring?” Don’t misunderstand me. There’s definitely value in assessment but I find that our horizons are often limited by the skills and knowledge we valued when we were growing up. And the world has changed. I used to love watching Tarzan on television when I was a child. Our schools are stuck in that quicksand and we don’t have a lot of time to rescue them. So how will you know if your educational initiative is producing results?
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