Guest Speaker … Alec Couros

It was great to have our fearless leader Alec Couros as our presenting speaker this week.  I’m not sure if his U-stream username (Courosalt) was a name for an alternate login or the name of a traditional steak seasoning passed down in his family.  (Boo… sorry… weak attempt at humour.)  Nonetheless, the session was – as [...]

Chris Lehmann of the Science Leadership Academy

I was very impressed with Tuesday’s presentation by Chris Lehmann of the Science Leadership Academy.  It was great to hear firsthand from someone leading such a technologically advanced school.  I’ve read and heard much lately about the difficulties that many (perhaps most) school systems are having in terms of keeping up with technological changes.  It [...]

A Shining Example of What a PLC Could Be

After taking the Easter week to spend with my family and focus on some other work, I had fallen seriously behind on reading what my classmates have been up to over the past week or two.  A sense of panic began to set in, as my Ed Tec folder in my Google Reader was reporting [...]