Design

Make Eyewear

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3D Eyeware

About a year ago, maybe longer, I was hunting for a unique wedding gift for some designer friends and happened upon Shapeways: a 3-D printing service.  I played around with their online design tools, however opted for a beautiful glass pitcher.  David Minich was shopping for eyewear and used Shapeways to create his own business: Make Eyewear. David creates infinitely customizable eyewear.  The beauty of rapid prototyping is that you can design just about whatever you want, then print it on demand.  What could you make with this type of technology?

Eyewear

MassCUE: Connecting the Dots

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Connecgtng the Dots

I spent the day in Marlborough, Massachusetts Connecting the Dots with others investigating some of the hot issues in education.  We rotated through 35 minute discussions and shared challenges, information, ideas and best practices with our peers from around the region.

This event also featured a special keynote, Ron Crouch, who with his amazing ability with numbers helped us better understand the demographics of our region and how that information will shape the needs of the area education organizations in the months and years to come.

 Ron’s presentation was fascinating and I am still absorbing the pages of information and data he shared.

More than just a briefing, this fast paced planning session brought together K-12 district and Department of Education staff to discuss, reflect, and prepare for what is to come.  

I participated in roundtable group discussions on topics such as:

•   Classroom Technologies
•   Funding Challenges and Opportunities
•   Professional Development
•   Social Media
•   Online Learning and Digital Content

It was a day well worth the foggy drive out east.

I am looking forward to presenting at the Massachusetts Computer Using Educators’ [MassCUE’s] 2011 Annual Technology Conference, This 2-day event-October 26 & 27th, 2011- is co-sponsored by the Massachusetts Computer Using Educators and the Massachusetts Association of School Superintendents [M.A.S.S.].

MassCUE 2011

What Do You Read?

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Glasses

I was recently asked what professional publications and social media I enjoy engaging with. I hadn’t realized how long the list has become. These are some of my favorites and regulars [in no particular order]:

Social Media:

  • FaceBook
  • LinkedIn
  • Twitter
  • WordPress [and WordPress Community]
  • YouTube
  • Vimeo
  • Flipboard
  • SlideShare
  • Tumblr- from time to time

Reading and Research:

  • The New York Times
  • NPR
  • TechCrunch
  • Slate
  • Whitehouse.gov
  • TED
  • Wired
  • Higher Ed
  • iNOCOL: the International Association for K-12 Online Learning
  • iste: the International Society for Technology in Learning
  • Education Week
  • The Rapid eLearning Blog
  • Fast Company Blog
  • Open Culture Blog
  • Daniel PInk’s Blog
  • Seth Godin’s Blog
  • Various Instructional Design Blogs
  • Anything by Cliff Kuang -infographic guru

I am still adding…..so visit again…..after you have checked out some of these good reads….