book club
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#BIT15Reads: The Glass Cage by Nicholas Carr
The Glass Cage: Automation and Us by Nicholas Carr My rating: 3 of 5 stars Like most people with an urban mindset, Nicholas Carr’s point of view focuses on being able to purchase goods and services at his fingertips. This is why, once again, his writing alienates people like me…people who live in a rural…
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#BIT15Reads: Geek Sublime by Vikram Chandra
Geek Sublime: The Beauty of Code, the Code of Beauty by Vikram Chandra My rating: 4 of 5 stars In Vikram Chandra’s final words of Geek Sublime: The Beauty of Code, the Code of Beauty, he says: “Makers tend to fetishize tools that they use successfully, and computer geeks are no exception—hackers will tell you…
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#BIT15Reads: Google hangout and making your reading visible
Today at 7:30 pm ET I’ll be hosting our second Google Hangout On Air so please join us if you’re able at: https://plus.google.com/events/cjq0v12mnjjivqrogee67tsebbo or watch the live videostream here: A few years ago now I worked with a team at my school in a Professional Learning Practice action research project where we learned how to…
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#BIT15Reads: Joining the club and choosing a book
The reason I chose it for our book club is because of my two goals for the #BIT15Reads book club: community and longevity.
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Humble beginnings: launching #BIT15Reads
The first steps of #BIT15Reads Book Club In 2014, a bold man took on the daunting task of discussing a book at an educational technology conference. That session catapulted our quest for deeper meaning and so we bring to you the Bring IT Together book club (#BIT15Reads) The aim of the book club is to deepen…
threadbare beauty 