Learning Commons and the Student Managed Digital Portfolio

Met with all of the Literacy Improvement Teachers from the board today to present on blogging. Here’s a brief keynote on why “blogging” is a relevant tool for the classroom: http://public.iwork.com/document/?a=p11584973&d=Commons.key I’m a big fan of WordPress as the publication platform of choice for blogs. I host two pilot WordPress communities on the web: Litcircuits, …

Polling the Audience

Two different interactive opportunities have flown by the radar in the last few days that are worth sharing. The first is attached to the Smart Technologies “Smart Response” system. These remote units have been available for quite some time (recently rebranded, you may recognize the device under its previous moniker: Senteo), but a new version …