Archive for July, 2008

The New Skills

Thursday, July 31st, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized I just saw a post by Kimberly McCollum, The networked nature of information, where she raises an interesting question. I’ve been following the work literacy blog trying to get an idea ... Read more..

Leading Learning and New Skills

Thursday, July 31st, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized This month on the Learning Circuits Blog - I asked some very leading questionsIf we have responsibility for informal learning, social learning, eLearning 2.0, long tail learning, etc. then ...Don't ... Read more..

Brain 2.0

Monday, July 28th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized I had a nice six hour drive today with my wife, Margaret, who is an ex high school counselor and teacher along with all the normal credentials and masters degrees, ... Read more..

Jing (for Screencasting) and TweetDeck (for Twitter)

Friday, July 25th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized Summertime is playtime, and we’ve had record amounts of rain where I live, so my playing has been indoors. Here are a couple of tools I’ve been playing with. Jing ... Read more..

Obliterate or strategically use business travel?

Thursday, July 24th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized Fast Company has a provocative article out yesterday under their “Big Idea” flag about “obliterating” business travel. Sounds like quite a headline, eh? July 23, 2008 “Within five years, technology will obliterate ... Read more..

Community Content Creation

Thursday, July 24th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized Just talked with Nancy White of Full Circle Associates and she pointed me at some great resources that align with where we would like to see Work Literacy go. The Knowledge ... Read more..

Over-the-Shoulder Learning

Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized One of the things that Tony and I are working on right now is a way to provide some "over-the-shoulder" learning using technology. This is a concept I first encountered ... Read more..

WebTools For Teachers 07/23/2008

Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized Web2.0@work: In Pursuit Of Passion Good advice. Via Michel Martin, Bamboo Project tags: digitalliteracy, WorkLiteracy, blogs The Gen Y Guide to Web 2.0 at Work Good advice for anyone. Found via Michele Martin, the ... Read more..

Do Work that Matters

Sunday, July 20th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized I was recently asked about why I'm working on Work Literacy. My response is always that I want to do work that matters. And, I strongly, passionately believe ... Read more..

The Three Stages of Knowledge Work “Fluency”

Friday, July 18th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized Steve Kauffman's recent article on the Three Stages of Language Fluency has me wondering if there aren't some parallels to the language learning process and developing various knowledge work skills. ... Read more..

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