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Oct
30
Let’s Talk About Sex
Category: Social Responsibility, cyberbullying, education, lessons, pairadimes | 
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On Monday night Sexual Health Educator Alix Bacon from SaleemaNoon.com/ did a parent presentation at our school. Today and tomorrow she is presenting to our students in groups of 2-3 classes at a time.
This is what I got out of the parent session…
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When talking about sex, two ideas really struck a chord with me:
1. The […]
Oct
27
Hargreaves and the 4th Way
Category: Learning Conversations, Pedegogy, Pro-D, School2.0, blogging, connecting online, education, instructional design, leadership, learning, networks, pairadimes, reflection, restructuring, technology | Leave a Comment
After reading The Fourth Way article in Educational Leadership/October 2008, by Andrew Hargreaves and Dennis Shirley, I’ve been trying to apply personal meaning to this new way. The 4th Way has five Pillars of Purpose, three Principals of Professionalism and four Catalysts of Coherence. But I think The 4th way rests firmly on just one […]
Oct
21
POD’s
Category: Learning Conversations, Pedegogy, Pro-D, School2.0, digital native, leadership, restructuring, technology | 2 Comments
No it isn’t about the Technology. It also isn’t about ‘getting knowledge‘. New school meets old school and neither school is where we are at right now.
I wish people would stop trying to compare old ways with new ways and started asking, “What can we do with this amazing new tool?” or “How can I […]
Oct
19
Get Off Your Butt
Category: Pedegogy, learning, pairadimes, reflection, technology | 6 Comments
Is your computer being used to teach, to distract, or to promote learning?
If you are reading this while you have a class in session, get off your buttocks.
If you are e-mailing while you have a class in session, move your rump.
If you are planning your next lesson and you have a class in session, take […]
Oct
13
VOTE!
Category: Social Responsibility, leadership | 2 Comments
It is your right. It is your responsibility.
It is your civic duty.
You are not being asked to go to war, to defend your right to vote, to make a personal sacrifice for freedom… that has been done for you.
What other civic duty is asked of you?
Do a little research, ask people that you respect […]
Oct
5
Facing Facebook
Category: Social Responsibility, books I like, connecting online, cyberbullying, education, learning, networks, pairadimes, reflection, technology | 19 Comments
Some people say ‘kids will be kids’… Some adults have never forgotten what it felt like to be a victim.
What happens when adults are not present?
Sometimes kids do things they shouldn’t do. Sometimes kids make choices based on what their friends do rather than on what they know is the right thing to do.
Sometimes the […]
