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Archive for June, 2009

Eudaemonia

2009/06/22

I first heard the word Eudaemonia in Rick Schwier’s keynote presentation at TLT Summit 2008, and it immediately captured my attention. I even mentioned that I wanted to write some more about that keynote. I guess the idea of eudaimonia has been bouncing around in my head ever since and now I’ve finally come to [...]

The Posse with Howard Rheingold

2009/06/19

We – Alec, Dean, Rick and I (Heather was in the midst of moving to a new house) were fortunate enough to be joined by Howard Rheingold for our latest podcast – EdTech Posse Podcast 5.6 – In conversation with Howard Rheingold. As you would expect with someone who has the breadth of knowledge, experience [...]

Hosting change

2009/06/19

I’ve been having a lot of problems lately with the hosting of my blog. First, there have been many times when I couldn’t access the blog from work or home. Although my web hosting company was very supportive trying to help me with this, the problem was with my ISP, not them. My ISP has [...]

EdTech Posse Podcast 5.5 – Teaching beyond the limits of space and time

2009/06/04

I’ve been inspired by Dean and Alec‘s presentation “The Lazy Professor” Inspired by their example, I’ve decided to be as lazy as possible as I prepare to teach some undergrad education students this summer at the University of Saskatchewan. Dean and Alec shared many good ideas that I’ll be sure to incorporate as I prepare [...]