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Stories of Open Sharing – And Why It Is Important

Donna FryLeave a Comment on Stories of Open Sharing – And Why It Is Importantconnect, learn, open, sharing

Alan Levine (@cogdog) is a champion of open storytelling. I followed Alan for years on Twitter before finally meeting him in person first in Terrace Bay (video below) and then again at Unplug*d12. He asked me for our story about the time Commander Hadfield tweeted me to say that up in the ISS, he had watched […]

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What Are You Thinking?

Donna Fry8 Comments on What Are You Thinking?blog, blogging, collaboration, etmooc, feedback, lead, leader, leadership, leading, learn, learning, mindset, MOOC, open, share, technology, visible learning

Recently, this post was shared with me on Twitter: Communication Tools for School Leaders | Evolving Educators It’s a very good look at the need to communicate and respond in many ways to all the stakeholders in the school community. I would add another item to the list: Blogging Why should education administrators blog?  For […]

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Going Deeper with Twitter

Donna FryLeave a Comment on Going Deeper with Twittercollaboration, critical thinking, engagement, lead, learn, mindset, open, reform, share, teaching, technology, Twitter

Whenever someone is presenting on the value of Twitter for teachers and educators, and there is a shout out for “tell us who you are and why you love Twitter for education”, there is always a flurry of people talking about how they love twitter for connecting with other educators, for conversation and for sharing […]

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Why Not Share?

Donna Fry10 Comments on Why Not Share?etmooc, lead, leadership, learn, open, share

One of my favourite parts of #etMOOC was our time exploring open learning. @cogdog (Alan Levine) collects stories of open learning and sharing here.  It is a concept I am committed to, and my own personal stories of open sharing are dear to me. Sharing can be hard, though. We need courage to share.  Depending […]

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Stories of Open Sharing

Donna FryLeave a Comment on Stories of Open Sharingetmooc, learn, MOOC, open, share

This week, one of the conspirators of #etMOOC, Alan Levine (a.k.a. @cogdog), emailed me with a challenge – to submit a video of a time when being open and sharing online resulted in something special happening. What could be more special than lunch with cogdog himself? Update: More about Alan Levine right here (from Dean […]

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