For me, the highlight of the 2012 ECOO Conference occurred on the Thursday afternoon. The last session of the day was a discussion among all of the conference keynote speakers. Nora Young from CBC's Spark led the discussion with John Seely Brown, Jaime Cassap, Donna Fry, and Michael Fullan. The panelists all brought a unique … Continue reading The Role of the Teacher in the Now Century
It’s been a week already since the ECOO Conference in Toronto. It was a great few days and certianly a lot of learning at the time. How does it stick? One of the ways is thanks to the blogging of folks that were there. I set a Google Alert for #ECOO12. I know that I … Continue reading Blogging About the ECOO Conference
I made it home from the ECOO Conference in Richmond Hill this morning. The normal 4.5 hour took two days. 4 hours got me through the bumper to bumper slow-moving traffic and I finally threw in the towel and spent the night in Woodstock. Driving home, I did smile at the people who told me … Continue reading Catching Up with ECOO 2012
Yesterday was a great planning day. Those of us on the ECOO 2012 Planning Committee got together to continue the process of making sure that everything is all set for this year's conference on October 25, 26. The preconference on the 24th adds even more value to the conference attendees. As I blogged earlier, … Continue reading Mobile for ECOO 2012
Recently, I had the opportunity to interview two of the top constructivist advocates in Ontario Education. We discussed ECOO, directions in education and their original professional learning model, Minds on Media. They’re regular participants on Twitter and also blog at The Learning Zone (https://bsherry.wordpress.com/) and The Construction Zone (http://theconstructionzone.wordpress.com/). I’ve worked with both of these … Continue reading An Interview with Brenda Sherry and Peter Skillen
The Educational Computing Organization of Ontario's annual conference is fast approaching. Ontario (and other) educators will gather in Richmond Hill for this big event. Registration is open and available here. The keynote addresses by John Seely Brown, Norah Young, and Michael Fullen promise to get your mind thinking about what it means to be an … Continue reading Socially Gearing up for the ECOO Conference
Another great week of reading from Ontario Edublogs. Here's but a few of the things that caught my attention. John Seely Brown at PLP Live and #ECOO12 Peter Skillen shares his thoughts about the chance to hear from John Seely Brown. He will be one of the keynote speakers at the ECOO Conference in … Continue reading This Week in Ontario Edublogs
