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, but does not participate. By that definition, there are virtually no lurkers in any corner of the Internet. Excellent, all done […]
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He shoots and shoots and shoots and eventually scores (U5)
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 end in mind. As an educator, my “end” is our students, what kind of people do we want our students to […]
And in the beginning… (U4)
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. At the same time, I won’t limit my own personal experience or expertise to a small corner in the bustling metropolis […]
My Personal Learning Network (U3)
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 Korea, which has a very diverse population. I don’t think there is one native English speaker in the student body of […]
Let’s get this (COETAIL) party started! (U1)
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 (San Joaquin Valley) 12 – 15: Bakersfield, CA (San…how’d you guess?) 15 – 18: Elk Grove, CA (nope, Central Valley, just […]