http://durandus.com/wordpress2 It's all in your head! Thu, 07 Feb 2008 14:22:43 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I may be crazy, but I'm not the only one ... Abject Learning: Waves I don’t pretend to be a McLuhanesque visionary, I’m just one of millions of nodes bobbing out in the digital wonderland, riding waves of information, with socially filtered antennae-bots probing out in innumerable directions and sending back ... http://durandus.com/wordpress2/2007/11/12/abject-learning-waves/ Dave Winer is right. Again. Still. Some more. Why most conferences suck Scripting News [I]f you want to have a truly useful conference that everyone gets something out of, structure it so that everyone has something to do at all times. Hopefully things that involve other people or the venue, if not, ... http://durandus.com/wordpress2/2007/11/08/why-most-conferences-suck-scripting-news/ After the convention a couple weeks ago in Anaheim, I keep thinking about this issue of adoption. Having endured the presentation I'd nominate for "Most Annoying" on the subject of Digital Natives, I keep thinking it's more about Digital Ignorants. The major point of the Native/Immigrant debate is that the ... http://durandus.com/wordpress2/2007/11/07/digital-ignorants/ Tuesday Morning: I've been here since Sunday night. This week marks the end of the road with my involvement with the convention planning process. Some frustrations: We still have no way to contact the membership at large. There's a new website (http://aectnow.org) but it's still pretty much closed to open communication We have some ... http://durandus.com/wordpress2/2007/10/23/aect-anaheim/ I’ve been tagged by Clif Mims to participate in the Eight Things You Didn’t Know About Me meme that's been wending its way thru the blogosphere.. THE RULES 1. Post these rules before you give your facts. 2. List 8 random facts about yourself. 3. ... http://durandus.com/wordpress2/2007/08/22/ive-been-tagged/ Recently, I've been struggling with the notion of education and research. What would an educational research lab LOOK like? What would it do? How would it be funded? I keep coming back to a CSI or NorBAC lab model. Yes, I know those are TV model labs, but still and ... http://durandus.com/wordpress2/2007/08/09/education-research-2/ Statement by Secretary Spellings on the Center for Education Policy's Report on Student Achievement Under No Child Left Behind We know the law is working, so now is the time to reauthorize No Child Left Behind and continue the promise of a quality education for all ... http://durandus.com/wordpress2/2007/06/08/the-promise-of-a-quality-education/ For the last couple of weeks, I've been playing over in Ning with the Classroom 2.0 and School 2.0 people. The usual suspects are there and some of the puzzlements I'm dealing with is "what the heck is this space?" and "why do we need a centralized location?" David Warlick ... http://durandus.com/wordpress2/2007/04/08/ning-ning/ At the turn of the last century, the most economical way to travel from New York to Los Angeles was by rail. Not many people did it because it took a long time and was relatively expensive. There were good reasons to make the trip, but not everybody was ... http://durandus.com/wordpress2/2006/12/24/quo-vadis/ Will Richardson had some interesting words about "Tough Choices or Tough Times" -- the report from The New Commission on the Skills of the American Workforce. “Community and Collaboration on a Scale Never Seen Before” [I]f 2007 is going to be the watershed year that it seems to be shaping up to ... http://durandus.com/wordpress2/2006/12/18/a-new-system/