The Controversy Around the Digital Divide

August 4, 2010 11:44 am
Technology Speaker, Social Media Expert, Digital Natives, Digital Immigrants I grew up with 3 TV channels (not including the mysterious UHF channels which never had anything of value to a kid), I was the remote control.  I played records not MP3 files, on my Fisher Price record player.  The only phone we had was one with a very long cord that could be pulled… View Article

Why Your Learning Event Needs Twitter

August 3, 2010 11:56 am
Twitter training, Technology Speaker, Social Media Expert, Gina SchreckMost consider Twitter a marketing tool, or probably more accurate is that most consider Twitter a tool for blathering about what you are watching on television or eating for lunch, but I believe it is one of the best learning and post conference accountability tools I have seen.I recently spoke at a marketing conference that… View Article

Daily Time-Travel in Today’s School

May 11, 2010 12:30 am
Most kids put away their futuristic tools each morning and enter a time machine to go back to a past that is more and more unfamiliar and irrelevant to them.  We call it school.   They enter a classroom that looks much like the classrooms of yesteryear, to learn from teachers who are unfamiliar with the… View Article