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Conversation #1 - Jeff Mao, Coordinator of Educational Technology, Maine Learning Technology Iniative

February 23rd, 2006 · 1 Comment

On Friday, February 17, 2006, I had a conversation with Jeff Mao, Coordinator of Educational Technology for the Maine Learning Technology Iniative (MLTI), about 1:1, the stories of the Maine laptop program, and what schools who are thinking of 1:1 should be doing to prepare. I’ve known Jeff for at least six years [...]

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Tags: 1:1 · Education · Leadership · Learning · Podcast

Blowing my mind…

February 2nd, 2006 · No Comments

So I’ve been spending a lot of time reading current education research on learning and teaching in the past few weeks. Trying to resolve where I stand on the educational spectrum of Progressive < --> Traditional classrooms —
Chris Lehmann’s comments on Old ideas are new again… are amazing. My feelings about students being [...]

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Tags: Leadership · On My Mind

November Questions

January 21st, 2006 · No Comments

Notes from November Learning Conference - Summer 2005 - Alan November Leadership Podcast…
Lots to digest — Thanks to Alan November for posting this all as a podcast. Amazing amounts of information!
How to work with Teachers?
Ask them:
What do you love to teach?
How do you do it?
What are the most troublesome parts of the curriculum?
Align tech [...]

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Tags: Leadership