Where Am I?
An excellent question. Someway somehow, you have managed to navigate your way to Nick's Education Spot, a website devoted to all things Nick Ryan and Education related. At the moment there is very little here, but interesting content shall find its way here eventually. Thank you for visiting; if you have any questions or concerns, feel free to drop me a line at nick@nickseducationspot.com
Happenings...
Education Evolving recently published this paper that lays out some of their proposed ideas for taking education a big step closer to the 21st century. I say a big step, since today's traditional school model is pretty much a 19th century conception. Talk about old school...
August is already here, and the start of a new school year is only a month away. Yikes! My condolences to those who were more adversely affected by yesterday's 35W bridge catastrophe in Minneapolis than just having there daily commute extended for the next two years. Having spent 4 years at the University of Minnesota, I spent a lot of time exploring the riverfront area where the collapse happened, and have driven over that bridge numerous times. Scary. I was only a mile or so from the site when it happened, and had to resist fleeing a conference to go rubberneck at the scene. Fortunately the Minneapolis and University ERT's did an excellent job managing the scene.
The week of 7/23 brings the Edvisions Co-op summer institute to Henderson, MN. Edvisions is a teacher cooperative that teachers work through in cooperation with school boards to staff small schools. The summer institute is a week-long training and learning seminar for Edvisions members. Numerous talented individuals will be leading breakout seminars and learning sessions. Aaron Grimm of the Edvisions Off-Campus High School and I are doing some sessions on networking technology. I am looking forward to learning a lot from a lot of great people.
