Chris selected as K12OnlineConference keynote speaker Each year the K12OnlineConference provides tremendous professional development for free, and entirely online. This year, they have selected me as one of their keynote speakers. I am thrilled to have been chosen and look forward to participating in the conversation. Read the full post announcing all the keynote speakers here.
Two quick links on Cognitive Load Theory I've been fielding lots of questions lately about Cognitive Load Theory. Here are two quick links that may be useful. First is an article talking about the practical implications of CLT on the design of learning. The second are some "recent" (as of 2003) developments regarding CLT. Happy reading! Update: I clarified the second...
Practical advice on kids and Android app development After hearing about my students' success developing an Android app, I've gotten several emails asking for more details as to how I practically worked with my kids. Here are some pointers that I offered to the first person that emailed me, perhaps they are of some use to you. Please note that your mileage may vary. It's ok to not be...
Publishing an App Inventor app to the Android Market As I mentioned earlier, my students and I published an Android app to the Android Market. See those links for more information on the background. This post is decidedly technical. First, once we finished the coding process, we packaged the app for to download to the computer. This is an option in App Inventor. This downloaded an .apk file....
Designing and publishing an Android app with kids This post is designed to provide some context around how/why we decided to build this app. The more technical details of the code and how we published it will come in a future post. My students and I recently completed and published an Android app, and here's how we did it. First, the genesis for this goes back to a question I asked...
Apr
02
Category : General
Welcome to the new gig! Do you like it?
Looks familiar, eh? Hey, I liked the theme and the buttons and the layout and the whatnots, so I decided to keep it.
You’ll see all the old posts from open source classroom and I may try to import the ones from NGL as well, not sure yet. That may be more trouble than it’s worth.
Either way, welcome to the next leg in my journey, thanks for sticking with me.
Chris
I like it – good luck with the next part of your journey! OB
hey chris:
just wanted 2 say that i appreciate your blog…haven’t been a very frequent reader (yet) but occasionally stop in to see what you are writing about…it’s always very interesting and informative…
Kip
What I’m really impressed with is your seamless transition to the new blog. Not only was I redireected here from your old site via Bloglines, but the feed is entirely intact as well
Nice work!
Can’t wait to read what’s in the works.
Hey Chris
Liking the new direction! Love the title (Why can’t I think of thought provoking titles like that?!) Enjoy the next leg of your personal journey.