Blogs @ DML!

Some great bloggers at Digital Media and Learning


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Some of the many featured authors:

• Howard Rheingold (28)
• John Jones (27)
• Barry Joseph (25)
• Cathy Davidson (23)
• Raquel Recuero (19)
• Liz Losh (17)
• Whitney Burke (16)
• danah boyd (14)
• Ben Williamson (10)

National Writing Project (NWP) Digital Is

From the Make A Resource page:

The NWP Digital Is website provides a collection of teaching-focused resources that explore what we as educators are learning about writing and the teaching of writing in the digital age. Resources may address elements of the art and craft of writing in digital environments or may explore new issues in the teaching and learning of writing. Resources may also raise provocative questions and name issues we might be wrestling with as educators.

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181 Google Tricks That Will Save You Time

Edudemic updates its list from 2009 of 100 tips and tricks, almost doubling the number for 2012. Click here to check out this article...

6 Tips for the Successful Online Teacher

Here's the list - now click this link to read the article!

1. Forget Constant Validation
2. Know Thy Students
3. Lose Complete Control
4. Collaboration Resistance
5. Get to Work…Really 
6. It's Not Just a Day Job 

No Facebook or Twitter in Class? Try These Teaching Work-Arounds

Click this: These strategies can help teachers maximize social media’s learning potential without using the tools.

by Elaine Plybin
posted on EDTECH | Focus on K-12
6/20/2012

Are you a Manager or a Leader?

Managers…

• maintain the status quo.
• create efficiencies to cut.
• look at change and ask, “why?”
• enjoy positional power.
• build consensus before making decisions.
• rarely receive pushback… and like it that way

Leaders…

• challenge the status quo.
• create efficiencies to promote growth.
• look at change and ask, “what do you need?”
• empower others.
• make decisions then build consensus.
• often receive pushback… and pushes back appropriately.

Read more about this at Tony Baldasaro's TransLeadership blog

How to Speak More Strategically

PETER BREGMAN writes on his HBR blog: 

"It had been three weeks since my throat started to feel sore, and it wasn't getting better. The pain was most acute when I spoke. So I decided to spend a few days speaking as little as possible. Every time I had the urge to say something, I paused for a moment to question whether it was worth irritating my throat.

This made me acutely aware of when and how I use my voice. Which led me to a surprising discovery: I spend considerable energy working against my own best interests. And if my experience listening to others is any indication, so do you.

In my observations, we speak for three main reasons:

1. To help ourselves

2. To help others

3. To connect with each other

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