Sea Change In Knowledge and Education

Dec 29, 2011 10 Comments by

Education has been on my mind the last year or so. On one hand we have this public push to devalue all college education for not being some kind of magic bullet leading to getting a job in a down economy. While I agree student loans and college prices have gotten out of hand, I [...]

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The Value Of User Driven Learning Events Like PodCamp NH

Sep 13, 2010 No Comments

One thing I’m often asked is why I add to my already heavy time load with the education events I bring to NH. That’s easy, I want to make it easy for people to learn what they need to learn, when they need to learn it. I want to empower your success. So I brought [...]

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Adaptive Media In School (More Than Social)

Jun 17, 2010 2 Comments

I’ve been doing a lot of education of our educators here in NH this summer, from Keene and Franklin Pierce in the west to UNH on the coast and more. It’s been a blast helping them grasp the implications and possibilities for adaptive media in the classroom, in the curricula, throughout the infrastructure and on [...]

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Stop Treading Water

Jun 09, 2010 1 Comment

One of the easiest ways to spot a snake oil social media consultant these days is to look and see who is still promoting “awareness” of social media. People, I’m pretty sure the planet is aware of “social media” now. Folks need real education and real help from people who have been in the trenches [...]

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Educational Outreach in Social Media

Dec 12, 2009 1 Comment

Yesterday I taught a workshop at the University of New Hampshire’s Cooperative Extension in Concord. I thought you’d enjoy seeing the slide deck from it. I opened with a discussion about how decisions involving education and youth are made. We discussed that while decisions about online tools and activity should be made with logical factors [...]

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A Little Light Reading

Jul 08, 2009 6 Comments

What’s on your nightstand or in your beach tote this summer? My summer reading looks like this: Currently finished: The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell (2nd reading) Groundswell by Christine Li and Josh Bernoff (2nd reading) The Moral Animal by Robert Wright (TERRIBLE book, btw) On the nightstand: Made to Stick by Chip Heath and [...]

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Using Social Media in Education, SMBNH 5

Jul 07, 2009 No Comments

Online Event Registration – Powered by www.eventbrite.com This month’s Social Media Breakfast is brought to you by Uptown Uncorked (your SMBNH organizer and monthly host), DimDim (live casting) and Southern New Hampshire University (venue). Thank you to Jason Allgire who helped facilitate the SNHU venue for us. Location: SNHU Campus, Manchester, NH – Building TBD [...]

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Topics On Fire: Episode 5, Education and New Media

Sep 21, 2008 4 Comments

Topics on Fire, Episode 5: Education and Social Media/Technology on Sunday, September 21st at 11:00 PM Eastern on TalkShoe Tonight’s podcast will be a good one! We’ll be discussing education and new media, social media and technology with Dave LaMorte, John Herman and E. Christopher Clark. I’m hoping to cover a lot of ground in [...]

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