Stephen Downes' Web
Founded in 1995, Stephen's Web is best described as a digital research laboratory for innovation in the use of online media in education. More than just a site about online learning, it is intended to demonstrate new directions in the field for practitioners and enthusiasts.
Dave Cormier's Educational Blog
"Education, it seems, is the method by which we attempt to make the world come out the way we want it to."
I still think this is true. I think that we define ourselves as a culture and as a community by the way we shape our schools and by the things that we want to have come out of them.
-Quotes from Dave's Educational Blog
I still think this is true. I think that we define ourselves as a culture and as a community by the way we shape our schools and by the things that we want to have come out of them.
-Quotes from Dave's Educational Blog
Open Thinking: Alec Courous
Rants and resources from an Open Educator
Ian Dukes: The Committed Sardine Blog
"If you take a careful look at a school of sardines, you'll notice that although the fish all appear to be swimming in the same direction, in reality, at any time, there will be a small group of sardines swimming in a different direction, in an opposite direction, against the flow, against conventional wisdom. And as they swim in another direction, they cause conflict, they cause friction, and they causes discomfort for the rest of the school.
But finally, when a critical mass of truly committed sardines is reached - not a huge number like 50 percent or 80 percent of the school, but 15 to 20 percent who are truly committed to a new direction - the rest of the school suddenly turns and goes with them - almost instantaneously!"
"Never doubt that a small group of committed people can change the world - indeed it is the only thing that ever has." - Margaret Mead
But finally, when a critical mass of truly committed sardines is reached - not a huge number like 50 percent or 80 percent of the school, but 15 to 20 percent who are truly committed to a new direction - the rest of the school suddenly turns and goes with them - almost instantaneously!"
"Never doubt that a small group of committed people can change the world - indeed it is the only thing that ever has." - Margaret Mead
David Wees 21st Century Educator
David Wees is a 21st century educator and blogger who reminded me of Neil Postman's quote: "Children are living messages we send to a time we cannot see."