Audrey Watters

Travel (and Speaking) Nope. Thankfully as I’m still on the mend from being sick. Upcoming week: Sydney Hack Education Writing Hack Education Weekly News Hack Education Weekly Newsletter Separating Education Research from Marketing Multiple Choice and Testing Machines: A History Ed-Tech Investments: January 2015 Writing Elsewhere The Beauty of the...

“Block with abandon.” That’s Andy Baio’s New Year’s Resolution. “I spent far too many emotional cycles last year on people arguing with me in bad faith, diving into arguments that could never be won. At some point, I stopped arguing and started blocking. I blocked hundreds of randos who insulted...

Travel Nope. I was supposed to travel to Philadelphia on Thursday, but I got sick. I never get sick, but when I do, it’s often pretty bad. Needless to say, I spent part of yesterday in UrgentCare. I’m medicated now, and I hope, on the mend. Upcoming week: Hermosa Beach....

Travel Nope. (Kin is on the road though.) Upcoming week: Philadelphia. And so the 2015 travel season begins. Hack Education Writing Hack Education Weekly News Hack Education Weekly Newsletter What Do We Mean By Open Education? Openness and Ownership: Who Owns School Work? Speak & Spell: A History Writing Elsewhere...

So, Frances Bell asks on Twitter, “How do you present multiple facets of your identity on your site?” Her query prompted a number of really interesting responses – she’s gathered some of them here. Then she asks further, “How is professional identity conceptualised in education?” And how might our presentations...

Travel (and Speaking) Nope. Upcoming week: Hermosa Beach. Hack Education Writing Hack Education Weekly News Hack Education Weekly Newsletter Why (Not) Wearables The Language of Leadership Writing Elsewhere 2015 Projects on audreywatters.com What You Should Know This Week on modernlearners.com Top 10 Ed Tech Trends of 2014: Part One on...

What I’m working on: Hack Education I’ll continue to write my weekly round-up of education news. (These posts are essential when it comes time for me to write my year-end review of the top ed-tech trends.) I’ll also continue to write a weekly newsletter, which is more of a list...

Travel Nope. But I realize that it’s time to plan some of my upcoming winter travel. (I have a hotel booked for Educon but not yet a flight. That's as far as I got.) Upcoming week: Hermosa Beach. Hack Education Writing Hack Education Weekly News Hack Education Weekly Newsletter Most...

2014 was a garbage year. We lost Pete Seeger and Philip Seymour Hoffman and Robin Williams and Stuart Hall and Maya Angelou and Gabriel García Márquez and Ruby Dee (and so many others). The planet got hotter, and it sure felt like it got more violent. But 2014 was a...

Travel Nope. Upcoming week: Hermosa Beach. Hack Education Writing Hack Education Weekly News The Pigeons of Ed-Tech (I also posted a bunch of my old EML stories to Hack Education.) Editing Educating Modern Learners Telling a Different Story about Education, by me Rethinking Success in 2015, by Will Richardson Encouraging...