This is just a quick note to let you know that I will be at BbWorld next week (my first!) and D2L Fusion the week after. (I am determined to make it to InstructureCon next year; it’s the last one I will not have been to yet.) If anybody wants to track me down, tweet […]
Going Meta on Khan
The wonderful Dan Meyers points to this delightful Mystery Science Theater 3000 homage by John Golden and David Coffey as they critique one of Sal Khan’s math videos. Here’s the video: Everybody enjoys a good snarkfest, and these guys are particularly good at it. But those who are taking delight in seeing Sal Khan get […]
Post Ratings
I’m always interested in finding out which posts people find the most useful and surfacing those posts so that they are discoverable even after they scroll off the front page. There are indirect ways of doing that—seeing which posts are most viewed, have the most comments, are most tweeted, etc.—but those methods all have their […]
Please Welcome Featured Blogger Michael Staton
I have been working on this one for a while. Michael Staton has become the senior statesman (relatively speaking) of the up-and-coming generation of ed tech entrepreneurs. When he’s not working on Inigral, he’s out trying to raise awareness and support for bringing more young innovators to the educational technology space. Michael has agreed to […]
Keynoting at the Sakai/Jasig Conference Next Week
Next week is the joint conference of the Sakai and Jasig foundations in Atlanta. It should be a good time; come on down if you can. I’ll be giving the keynote this year.
Please Welcome Beth Harris and Steven Zucker
I am delighted to announce that my friends Beth Harris and Steven Zucker will be joining e-Literate as featured bloggers. Beth and Steven are the creators of smARThistory and the first faculty hired by Khan Academy. I have learned a lot from them over the years and am looking forward to learning a lot more […]
How to Keynote an Unconference
A while back, I had the privilege of being the keynote speaker at the NERCOMP LMS Unconference. I had never attended an unconference before, nevermind keynoting one, and I found the prospect to be fascinating and exciting. And nerve-wracking. On the surface, a keynote appears to be the antithesis of the unconference spirit. I needed […]