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The Key to Gold in Them There Hills: Laggards?

I admit that I made it to page 436 in Everett Rogers’ Diffusion of Innovations before I said, “No more.”  The book chronicles nearly 50 years of innovation research, and it contains the studies and references to back it up (58 pages of research articles, books, reports, and studies).  It is an extremely readable book, …

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Visual Imagery: When I Had a Mustache

I still chuckle whenever I hear the song, Glamorous, on the radio.  I don’t find the song’s topic, a commercial-esque reflection on materialism and 21st century desires, particularly humorous.  The use of the words “Flossy, Flossy” might fall into the category of ridiculously comedic, but it’s not what gets me.  It’s not the beat and …

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Super Grover and Cats

Leave it to Super Grover and some cats to metaphorically capture the essence of being an edtech professional working with K-12 teachers and students. Thanks to Classroom 2.0 and Chris O’Neal for directing me to these two resources. [tags]EdTech, Professional Development, YouTube[/tags]

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