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Wesley Fryer (a Texas educator you should keep your eyes on) wrote a powerful blog entry several days ago. He is Advocating for Educational Deregulation!. Fryer discusses the primary text of his current (and final) course in his doctoral program. The text is Integrating Multiple Literacies in K-8 Classrooms, and he addresses […]

If you are interested in the possibilities of using podcast production in your classroom for helping students develop communication skills (writing & vocal presentation), then pay attention to Bob Sprankles latest podcast (Bit by Bit). He recorded a few minutes of one of his class’ podcast sessions. Students are writing the scripts for […]

I just got home from an exhilarating two-day workshop in suburban Chicago, the Downers Grove Summit. We called it a summit, because the ultimate goal was not necessarily to teach new skills to Downers Grove educators (and education leaders from other area districts), but to help them to negotiate an intersection between the new […]

Final Blog

The workshop is nearly over. Summit participants are writing their final blog, a reflection on teaching and learning in the 21st century.
We had an exceptional discussion after lunch, negotiating the intersection, and they exceeded all expectation. Please visit the DGS wiki (http://dgs.davidwarlick.com) and read some of the ideas. We also recorded […]

Sharing Nrw Conections

Charles is sharing with the rest of the summit participants a new connection the he has found. Blew them away to learn how Google now searches the print.
Very soon, the real negotiations begin as we start to build ideas able the new information envionment and the classroom.
Excuse the typos. I’m on […]

Learning and Learning

I am watching 20 talented educaters beginning to wrap their mind around just what RSS is about. They went to lunch thinking that it’s just about blogging.
I just showed them del.icio.us. Ding , ding, ding. The lights started coming. Dave Jakes is showing them Furl now.

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The participants of the Downers Grove Summit are now writing their second blog article, sharing their initial impressions of RSS. They have been taught how to find blogs on the Net, using Bloglines and Technorati, and how to subscribe to them with their Bloglines account.
This is an amazing group of educators. They are […]

This is the first assignment for the Downer Grove Summit, and I thought I would just add my 2 cents worth.
Information is the content that is around me. It’s numbers, words, video, sounds, pictures — it’s all around me. That that information becomes something that helps me to answer a question, solve a […]

DGS is about to begin

We have only ten minites to go befor the Downers Grove Summit gets sterted. Almos everyone is here, and from the conversation, we have quite an astute group.

DGS is about to begin
Originally uploaded by David Warlick.

It’s 5:31 AM (CST) and I’ve been working for the last hour-and-a-half preparing for today’s workshop here in Downers Grove. During a minute taken to read a bit, I ran across one of those blog posts that sort of stops you in your tracks and makes you say, “Yes!”
It should be no surprise that […]