Library as Platform & the Respectful Hacker

I’d grown up with online communities, places where the conversation was great but you never got to meet the people you were talking to. And I’d grown up with real-world communities, the people aro...

The Myth of the Digital Native

Cross-posted from Hypermarc Bennett, Maton and Kervin do an outstanding job of breaking down the issues surrounding what I’m calling the myth of the digital native in their 2008 paper, The ‘di...

Personal Learning Environments – The Ultimate Tool

Thank you Google.  Your threat to remove Reader from your toolbox (and mine) has motivated me.  Even in the face of conjecture that your rethinking your decision, I’m looking elsewhere.  I...

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I was skimming my Twitter feed this morning just before I headed out for a run (in a hale-storm it turns out!) when I came across a tweet asking for advice on whether the author should pursue problem ...

Inquiry Hub Visit, Coquitlam, BC

I’m sure that anyone who has been teaching for any length of time has had dreams of what their ideal school would look like.  No school is perfect and the teaching situation we find ourselves i...

Review: Personal Learning Networks: Using the Power of Connections to Transform Education

Will Richardson and Rob Mancabelli present a great balance of theory, anecdotes and practical advice in this book that has received wide recognition as one of the best books in educational technology ...

A rose by any other name would smell as sweet: Or would it?

I had an opportunity to visit the CLA (Canadian Library Association) 2011 Teacher Librarian of the year this week.  We’d crossed paths a few times, more digitally than in person, prior to yeste...

A Study in Contrasts – My trip to the Johnstons Heights Secondary Learning Commons

I’m spending a fair amount of time thinking about the physical Learning Commons space these days.  This has led to some great conversations and the beginning of a few visits to local schools th...

Learning Commons as Athletic Space

One of the advantages of a long commute is that you do have plenty of time to think.  It struck me on the drive in this morning that the model of the Learning Commons proposed by David Loertscher, et...

Dewey Decimal and the Dodo Bird?

I just finished reading Are Dewey’s Days Numbered in the current issue of School Library Journal and I have to say that I’m conflicted about the idea of tossing out Melvil with yesterday&#...