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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.

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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...

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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...

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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....

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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...

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In Peru – now let’s get to the learning!

Category : General

Naturally, my trip to Peru is vacation. It it time to see my in-laws, see some sights, and eat some amazing food.

The learning doesn’t stop there, does it?

I am planning to visit a few schools in the area, to include the FDR American school where my collaborative partners are. I am also going to visit some schools in a not-so-affluent neck of the woods, where some relatives attend. I am dying to hear what they say about the state of education these days.

Any suggestions as to what questions I should ask?

What would you ask a student in a third world country? Would you tell him that they need to integrate more technology?

I’ll keep you posted…

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WOW Chris, what a fabulous opportunity. What would I ask kids in a 3rd world country..hmmm I would love to know what their perceptions were of the US–as I would like to hear what US kids think of them–I’d like to know what things are issues for them as kids. Would I tell them they need to integrate more technology? The one thing that technology would offer is the ability to connect, collaborate, and communicate. Remember, I am looking for Latin American partners…If you can find a HS class to work with me, I’d love to hear their perceptions of our Latin America Project and look toward collaboration. Feel free to skype / email me if you connect with anyone interested
THANKS!!!! and it was great reconnecting at NECC

What do those students view as the most crucial skills they need to master in preparation for the 21st century? How do those students think we northerners (just don’t call us Yankees!) should be helping them to achieve their goals?




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