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The Day Without Technology

By Andrew, on October 7th, 2011

My youngest son and I had an interesting conversation this past Sunday as we were leaving the arena after his speed skating practice.  Rather than sitting in the bleachers fiddling with my iPhone as I am usually wont to do, I had instead just completed 20 exercise laps (walking) around the perimeter of the . . . → Read More: The Day Without Technology

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Unplug’d 2011: Unplugging to Connect

By Andrew, on August 12th, 2011

by Andrew Forgrave and Kim Crawford

Central to Unplug’d was the notion of leaving the Internet behind. Various thoughts on connecting, unplugging, and focusing attention have started to emerge.

What did it feel like to unplug?

Close to The Edge by aforgrave, on Flickr (CC)

Kim: I didn’t have far to go from ‘plugged’ to . . . → Read More: Unplug’d 2011: Unplugging to Connect

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The Bricked-In School Box

By Andrew, on December 16th, 2009

Image: 'Schoolkeeper.' http://www.flickr.com/photos/23565432@N05/2986035445

Outside, like a knowing parent, patient and amused, the Experience of Life glides around the bricked-in school-box.

Inside, sequestered, we struggle to learn, isolated from Truth, in our compartments, with our Rules. Walls of brick and mind dividing us from It.

“This IS the real world.”

They say.

In a long-faded . . . → Read More: The Bricked-In School Box

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The Future is Already Here

By Andrew, on September 24th, 2009

The Future is Already Here … it’s just not very evenly distributed. – William Gibson Attribution Listen to the NPR Interview Nov 30, 1999

Ontario educator Doug Peterson (@dougpete on Twitter) sent out a tweet yesterday morning which immediately caught my attention, “Just blogged: Great opportunity for Ontario Teachers. Yesterday, the Ministry of Education announced . . . → Read More: The Future is Already Here

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I Need My Teachers to Learn

By Andrew, on September 1st, 2009

Kevin Honeycutt‘s recent video I Need My Teachers to Learn came through my Twitterstream this evening.*

* courtesy of @mguhlin, who in turn was forwarding a link to Richard Byrne’s site Free Technology for Teachers, who himself references Wesley Fryer’s Moving at the Speed of Creativity blog. Wes heard of it from Rae Niles. I haven’t chased the thread further back, . . . → Read More: I Need My Teachers to Learn

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