Final project: Unit lesson plan First, as busy as I am being an early elementary classroom teacher who has a rather long commute and is tired at the end of every day, I’ve really...
From Theory into Practice: Connectivism for success-tivism (aka strength in diversity)
This is the second time in this course I’m just now discovering someone has given a name and structure to things I’ve been thinking about for a long time. Of course, if I’d been...
Planning for Tech-Rich Learning: It’s pioneers helping pioneers all the way down
Eureka, someone else found it! Dr. Puentedura, codified something I’ve been thinking about for a long time, but he got there way before I did. I do have an excuse for not putting a...
Connected Learning: Putting my time where my mouth is
Is there anything more central to connection than communication via language? I’d like to learn Spanish. And Mandarin. And Cantonese. And Korean (I do live in Seoul, after all), Italian, Thai, Vietnamese, German, Swedish,...
Research in the Internet Age: An Embarrassment and Riches
Remember when there were just a few national newspapers, a local newspaper (or two if you lived in a bigger city), and only three national TV networks with local affiliates? Like Pepperidge Farm, I...
I prefer the term “vicarious learner.”
Let’s start with Wikipedia’s definition of “lurker” which comes from “Pedagogical lurking: Student engagement in non-posting discussion behavior” by Vanessa PazDennen In Internet culture, a lurker is typically a member of an online community or PLN who observes,...
He shoots and shoots and shoots and eventually scores
Following Dr. Covey’s advice (I’m not a huge fan, but he had some good points and I’ll cherry pick the ones that have worked for me or make sense to me), I’ll begin with the...
And in the beginning…
Where to even start? As they say in yoga, start where you are. I cannot consume all of the information in the universe. I don’t know if it’s even desirable, even it was possible....
My Personal Learning Network
First, here’s the mind map I made of my learning communities: How I’m connected to: Korea Kent Foreign School (KKFS): I work at KKFS. It’s a very small K-12 foreign school in Seoul, South...
Let’s get this (COETAIL) party started!
Name: Colin Worth Spitler Originally from (this is vague, so I’ll be semi-exhaustive): 0-6 months: Denver, CO 6 months – 1 year: Hanford, CA (San Joaquin Valley) 1 year – 12 years: Merced, CA...