I have been reading Doug's blog for about three and a half years now, he lives less than 100 miles from my house, and has attended and spoken at 5 conferences I have attended in the past 4 years. He has even attended at least one session I presented a couple years ago. He is one of the most widely read education bloggers and definitely a sage in the field. Yet, yesterday was the first time I have actually been able to hear him speak (aside from his TEDx session from last winter I watched online). Problem has always been that every time he was scheduled to speak in the past I was also scheduled to present. So, when I saw Doug was presenting at a time I wasn't yesterday I had to take advantage. I must say, I wish I could spend more time learning from The Blue Skunk.
What follows is an archive of the few live tweets I managed to make. I wish I had done more but I found myself doing a lot more listening in this session and a lot less tweeting.
#ties10 DougJohnson: If you take s centrist position you double your number of enemies
#ties10 DougJohnson: adopt an "and" not "or" mindset
#ties10 DougJohnson: why wouldn't we encourage diversity in teaching styles in our schools?
#ties10 DougJohnson: Teachers need a technology IEP
#ties10 DougJohnson: If they are out of the barn anyway, why not try to saddle & ride them.
#ties10 DougJohnson: At edtech conferences we are largely just preaching to the choir
#ties10 DougJohnson: there are poor teachers in our best schools and great teachers in our worst schools
Hi Carl,
ReplyDeleteI am flattered by your comments here and enjoyed our conversation after my talk. I look forward to future conferences with you!
Doug