Archive for April 2015
What’s the Web 3.0? (How ’bout a visit to SCN’s Spring Break archives?) – SCN Encourager
What’ll bridge the great Web 2.0 – Web 4.0 divide? In a TED video last month, a presenter described the history of communications since the beginning of time – or basically the last time the Detroit Lions have won a championship. He pointed out that the Web 1.0 consisted of one-sided, one-way internet communications. He said…
Read MoreA single letter can often make a big difference – SCN Encourager
Incredibly, one letter can even change the weather. Wetter or Better. Back when I was in high school in Flint, my freedom always hinged on what kind of letters I brought home. A’s and B’s meant the good life. A “D” would inevitably evoke a crude version of temporary house arrest. I still wonder how I survived the…
Read MoreTeachers don’t need a “Remind-er” about their favorite messaging app
They’ve got it down pat. As promised, here’s the second half of my school-to-home communications report, with a big plug for an app that teachers I met last week on a Twitter chat all raved about. First, let me tell you about another chat – the old-fashioned kind with voices among people sharing the same space – that…
Read MoreApril Fools’ Day; just another day on the job for school communicators – SCN Encourager
Think about it. Veteran mail carriers barely notice the yapping dogs along their routes every day. Pesky canines are simply another common obstacle very much a part of every postal worker’s daily routine. When we’re at work in our schools, a surprising bark out of the blue would startle you or me. Not a mail carrier. I think veteran school leaders…
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