Hi PLN folk!

I am planning to interview Cristina, our server manager/GURU about the ins and outs of The School at Columbia's newmedia server. We'll go over general backend setup and tips for others who want to set up their own new media servers. Do you have any questions for her? Let me know and I'll ask and post the video soon.

AG

Thank you, Cheri Toledo, for this phrase.

In Google Wave, several educators have been discussing the fact that all the great tools and learning environments that we regularly explore are blocked in many districts.

This blog post by Ewan McIntosh also has me thinking:

http://edu.blogs.com/edublogs/2009/10/why-backward-socialnetworkbanning-education-authorities-are-wrong.html… Continue

"Last year I started a NING for our newly formed HS girls tech club called Digital Divas 2.0 Some of the girls used it to share their artwork and I used it for meeting reminders but really would like use it more fully next school year."… Continue

"I did a little experimenting with Twitter in my classes toward the end of last year. It was basically used as a summary tool and a way to engage kids outside the classroom." Please read the full story at… Continue

This July, I had an opportunity to work with 5 other amazing Apple Distinguished Educators, while at Full Sail University in Orlando, Florida on a project that I am very passionate about. This project deals with the question, how do students develop personal learning networks to help them become independent, life long learners? Our project, making it personal, was an idea that the six of us came up with to help answer the following questions: what is a personal learning network, what differentia… Continue