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Jul
22
defragging my brain after BLC08
Category: Learning Conversations, Pedegogy, Pro-D, School2.0, blogging, connecting online, education, instructional design, networks, pairadimes, presentation, technology | 
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For a while now, I’ve been using my blog as a learning space to reflect on professional development… and after BLC08 there still seems to be a lot to talk and think about. But there is a problem: My brain is full.
Here are some brief ‘take-aways’ to jot down before things spill out and away.
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Jul
20
Canadians… this is scary!
Category: education, instructional design, pairadimes, restructuring, technology | 1 Comment
Bill C-61 is a copyright law that is truly scary to anyone that shares what they teach online.
The following is an e-mail I received from Kris at http://wanderingink.net She is 16 years old. Bold font is mine, for those that only want to skim…
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Fair Copyright Montreal (a branch of the same […]
Jun
17
What comes around
Category: Social Responsibility, compassion, cyberbullying, instructional design, pairadimes, student leadership | 1 Comment
The task was simple: Have your advisory pick an issue in the school and then create a video that promotes awareness of the problem and/or a solution to the problem. This is what Mr. Williams’ advisory came up with last year.
I like the use of camera direction to help tell the story. This to me […]
Jun
7
Do not go quietly into your classroom
Category: Learning Conversations, Pedegogy, Pro-D, School2.0, blogging, connecting online, education, instructional design, leadership, learning, pairadimes, presentation, restructuring, technology | 5 Comments
I spent Friday morning with 22 student teachers and a couple teachers from my school. My goal was to introduce them to the world of web2.0, wikis, and del.icio.us. Well 2 out of 3 ain’t bad- I didn’t really get into delicious beyond an introduction. That aside, I think this group of future teachers really […]
Jun
7
Instantaneous
Category: Learning Conversations, Pedegogy, Pro-D, School2.0, blogging, connecting online, digital native, education, instructional design, learning, networks, pairadimes, restructuring, technology | Leave a Comment
Kim Cofino writes on Twitter:
Join us in our uStream session: http://ustream.tv/channel/isb-edu-stream Conversations about the Future of Learning in a Networked World.
I click the link to uStream and find that 12 others have also joined her meeting, later there were 17 of us.
Vance Stevens is talking and a participant in the meeting links to the slide […]
Jun
3
“You can’t go back now, can you?”
Category: Learning Conversations, Pedegogy, School2.0, connecting online, education, instructional design, leadership, metaphor, pairadimes, technology | 2 Comments
It’s the old allegory of the cave.
Last Friday I was leaving the school and I popped into my VP’s office. Among other things, Anthony and I often talk about technology in the classroom. One thing led to another and I showed him the YouTube video that was the subject of my last post: iPhone tutorial […]
Jun
2
Evaluating a Journey
Category: Learning Conversations, Pedegogy, education, instructional design, metaphor, pairadimes, presentation, reflection | Leave a Comment
Have you ever spent hours working on something and then looked at the final product only to wonder where the time and effort went? That’s how I feel about the rubric I have been working on for the Graduation Transitions Program (for which I am the coordinator at our school).
Last year, under the old program, […]
May
27
November Learning
Category: Learning Conversations, Pedegogy, Pro-D, School2.0, Square Peg, blogging, connecting online, education, instructional design, learning, networks, pairadimes, reflection, restructuring | Leave a Comment
After my last post I went to hear Alan November speak at an afternoon Pro-D session. I then read Brian Kuhn’s blog post and added a comment, which I have edited slightly and included below. In the process of writing this comment I realized a valuable lesson, which I will discuss below the comment:
The afternoon […]
May
27
November Podcast Highlights: Pink & Resnick Interviews
Category: Learning Conversations, Pedegogy, Pro-D, School2.0, books I like, digital native, instructional design, pairadimes, restructuring, technology | Leave a Comment
I started this post sitting in a waiting room at the auto shop waiting for my car: No WiFi, pay-for coffee and snacks available. It had an outlet if my laptop battery didn’t hold out, comfortable seats and, if I was interested, a tv to make the experience a little more comfortable. But I […]
May
18
Two ’stuck’ posts, a borrowed post with an added rant, and a few questions.
Category: Learning Conversations, Pedegogy, School2.0, blogging, connecting online, education, instructional design, learning, pairadimes, presentation, reflection, technology | Leave a Comment
I have 2 blog posts on the go right now that I can’t get myself to complete.
One is on Digital Citizenship which looks at a post by Vicky A. Davis. The concepts I am formulating are in need of some more deep thought, and I don’t know when I will get […]
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