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Show notes: School reform: The “Waiting for Superman” media circus The Death and Life of the Great American Schools by Diane Ravitch A Parent 2.0′s Back to School Dilemma by Will Richardson Saskatchewan Reform, Superman and the Media by Dean … Continue reading →

Rob and Dean have an ISTE proconference chat. We also discussed Dean’s iPad, packet shaping and what makes the perfect storm for educational technology leadership. Links/Notes/Errata Enterprise video hosting using OSTube Video CMS – http://www.ostube.de/en/ostube Recommendations: Rob – Drive by … Continue reading →

EdTech Posse 6.2 – The tiny stateroom The show felt a little like the crowded cabin sketch from A Night at the Opera. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ZvugebaT6Q] The conversation started small with just Heather Ross and Rob Wall (who apparently enjoys writing about … Continue reading →

We’re back with our first podcast of 2010 – EdTech Posse Podcast 6.1 – No tech after 5 p.m. Mike Wesch presented at the University of Saskatchewan and University of Regina earlier this week. We discussed his presentations and reflected … Continue reading →

We (except for Alec – poor Alec) gathered last week at Convocation Hall on the University of Saskatchewan campus to hear Sir Ken Robinson speak. You can check out his TED talk about creativity and schools to get an idea … Continue reading →

Howard Rheingold has been living in, thinking about and writing about social media and virtual communities even before the terms were coined. In fact, he was the one who coined the term virtual community. Howard joined us for a conversation … Continue reading →

I (Rob) had a great conversation/brainstorming session with Dean and Alec about designing a course that can transcend some limitations of time and geography as we help our students to start developing a personal learning network. Big thanks to Dean … Continue reading →