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Apr
24
Start Your Own Blog
Category: Pro-D, blogging, connecting online, education, instructional design, learning, pairadimes, presentation, reflection, technology | 
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Here is the write-up for the 2 hour Professional Development seminar that I ran today for 9 dedicated teachers who showed up on a sunny Saturday, after a full day of Pro-D on Friday.
Start Your Own Blog
A practical session that will introduce you to blogging.
You will see how others use their blogs and you […]
Apr
18
on being a blogger…
Category: Learning Conversations, blogging, cyberbullying, metaphor, pairadimes, reflection | Leave a Comment
How is a post inspired? Where do the seeds of thought that blossom into these very words come from?
The seeds
• I have a student in my class that is currently on a very unhealthy diet. I know that I cannot convince her to get off of it without replacing it in some way. […]
Apr
5
Blog Rules - Respect, Inclusion, Learning and Safety
Category: Learning Conversations, blogging, connecting online, education, learning, pairadimes | Leave a Comment
Original title: Blog Rules - Just the basics, 4 rules based on Respect, Inclusion, Learning and Safety
In May of ‘06 I taught a 10 day course on Leonardo Da Vinci, as part of our yearly Renaissance Fair. I did this in a brand new way. I started the project off by having students create their […]
Apr
5
“the use of blogs to learn not just to teach”
Category: Learning Conversations, Pedegogy, blogging, education, instructional design, learning, reflection, restructuring, technology | 1 Comment
Will Richardson’s post Teacher Bloggers Not Blogging (Says Me) looks at the David Warlick article in EDTECH titled Blog Rules. Yet another reference I have found recently to Principal Dr. Tim Tyson and Mabry Middle.
Will says:
“Blogs are powerful communication tools. Blogs are powerful publishing tools. But blogging (the verb) is still much more than […]
Mar
27
Pizzas and Paperclips
Category: humour, networks, pairadimes, technology | Leave a Comment
I am combining two short posts here:
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Ordering a pizza in in the near future.
Turn your speakers on for this one… a little dark humour about living in a wired world. Ordering from Pizza Palace.
Originally posted April 6th, 2006
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One Red Paperclip
We live […]
Mar
24
Hello world! ‘Pair-a-Dimes for Your Thoughts’ finds a new home!
Category: Learning Conversations, Pedegogy, Square Peg, blogging, education, learning, pairadimes, reflection, technology | 2 Comments
A few years ago, a friend sent me an invitation to join him on a social network and start something called a blog. I signed up and my first post, “The purpose of a system is what is does” set the metaphoric tone for my ideas and thoughts that will fill this space. Essentially, […]
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