“The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place.” ~ George Bernard Shaw quotes Through my 20-something years of teaching, I think I can safely say that communication is the key to successful leadership, teaching, mentoring, and learning.  It’s not easy to develop the kind of communication that brings coworkers ...

  Chapter 4, Communication, focuses on the need to develop the “techno-personal skills”, the online habits, which sustain online collaboration and networking. For me, some key ideas from this chapter relate to the nature of online communication tools, and some handy ideas for efficient, inclusive communication between teachers and students ...

Greetings, CRYPTOCAT is a secure online chat service. Today’s site — CRYPTOCAT — offers a secure online chat service. Users can create their own chat room and invite others to join. The text which users type is encrypted so that anyone “listening” or snooping on the Internet can’t decipher what’s been entered. The encryption is not CIA [...]

http://goo.gl/FkZVT Brian Nichols (@bjnichols) recently wrote a great post titled ''removing roadblocks.'' Brian outlined 3 ways leaders are unknowingly putting up roadblocks that are ultimately preventing their organization from growing. All 3 roadblocks that Brian mentions are unfortunately too often true. I am going to try to take Brian's post ...

We are losing the war. We are losing the war because we are being defeated in battles on all fronts. We are continually on the defensive, and because of our unwillingness to attack we are on the backs of our heels. http://goo.gl/vLaf1 This battle I speak of is the battle of public relations.... Today I attended my first ever administrative ...

Today I had the wonderful opportunity to Skype with Dwight Carter's administrative team, and I must admit that they definitely didn't disappoint! I have been following Dwight's blog and twitter feed for about a year now, and I very much so appreciate him taking the time to organize his administrative team to speak with me. If this is not a ...

Greetings, MINIGROUP is a free, online and private group collaboration service. Finding a private spot on the web to collaborate with a bunch of people such as a study group, master’s cohort or golf buddies is not as easy as it sounds. Ning used to be a good choice but it’s no longer free. I’ve [...]

Greetings, PRIVNOTE is a free, online service for sending private, self-destructing notes. I like Mission Impossible (both movie & TV versions) especially the self-destructing message part — very cool. Today’s offering — PRIVNOTE — doesn’t do anything that dramatic but the concept is the same. It sends a self-destructing (or should I say, ...

Larry Fliegelman (@fliegs) is doing another blogging challenge for the month of April; the #Apr13 blogging challenge. Larry's commitment and dedication to blogging, sharing and collaborating with others are uncontested. Larry has been doing an excellent job of encouraging Educators to share, learn and explore as a collaborative group. Jeff Delp ...

Greetings, SKYPE IN THE CLASSROOM is an area of Skype focused on supporting educators and educational projects. I confess that I have not actually used SKYPE IN THE CLASSROOM. I have used Skype to communicate with friends, relatives and colleagues and I know some associates who have also used Skype in an educational setting. That however, [...]