I’ve recently become active with this group. I’ll be attending their conference in September. Check it out if you have an interest in education and helping to shape our future by shaping how our teachers teach and our kids learn.
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Archive for August, 2008
Texas Municipal League Conference
Posted in Collaboration, Technology on August 31, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Leadership vs Management
Posted in LTEC4070 on August 31, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
In my LTEC4070 course, we’ve been discussing a bit on the concepts of Leadership and Management. More precisely, we’ve been discussing some of the differences between the two concepts. I posted this to the group discussion forum, but I figured I’d make use of my blog for tracking in both courses.
I’ll kick off [...]
Real-World Instructional Design
Posted in LTEC3440 on August 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Our assignment was to go out into the world and find some examples of instructional use of technology. With the constant barrage of how-to infomercials and Do-It-Yourself cable channels, I found it difficult to narrow it down to two simple examples as requested.
The first instance I found as I pondered this came in the [...]
Technology in the Classroom
Posted in LTEC3440, Unified Communications on August 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Not so long ago, by the definitions of some of us, technology was simply defined as the application of knowledge to meet a need or want. The use of any technology more advanced than a Radio Shack TRS-80 was utterly foreign and relatively unimaginable. Even the most basic devices, even light bulbs, offer [...]
Intro
Posted in LTEC3440 on August 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Hello!
I’m Brian Morgan. I’m returning to school after more than a few years away. I find it odd that I’m excited about my return to school since my attitude the first time around was far from anything resembling enthusiastic. My wife and I are approaching our 17th anniversary. She graduated [...]