Sep

30

TLITE Presentations

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For the last couple Mondays I have presented to two of Betty Gilgoff’s TLITE Classes, (TLITE- Teaching and Learning in an Information Technology Environment). I did two different presentations one based loosely on Learning Conversations and the other on This My Blog has Taught Me. Both presentations asked for teachers to contribute to a VoiceThread […]

Sep

25

Connectivism, Relationships and Balance

Category: Learning Conversations, Pro-D, blogging, connecting online, education, metaphor, networks, pairadimes, reflection, technology | 11 Comments

Connectivism, Relationships and Balance
View SlideShare presentation. (tags: cck08 connectivism)

I created this for an assignment in the connectivism course, CCK08. It is not what the assignment really asked for, but when you are doing a not-for-credit course, I imagine that you can make the assignments fit your own personal needs. The reality is that Figure 6 […]

Sep

19

What ‘we’ want for ‘our’ children

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Heidi Hass Gable has done something special!
Here is her presentation, What I Want for My Children:

Her post simply says this:
My hope is that it will move you, it will motivate you,
it will make you think and it will inspire you to get involved in your child’s education,
to support your teachers and to be part of […]

Sep

14

A Brave New World-Wide-Web! (The video version)

Category: Learning Conversations, Pedegogy, Pro-D, School2.0, blogging, connecting online, digital native, instructional design, learning, networks, pairadimes, presentation, reflection, technology | 21 Comments

It is finally done! I had planned on first showing my video version of A Brave New World-Wide-Web Slideshow in Boston at BLC08. I did it on Mac Powerpoint and it did not convert easily to video… it wouldn’t even convert to PC Powerpoint without the timing messing up! I spent hours on this! […]

Aug

14

Are You a Catalyst for Change?

Category: Learning Conversations, Pro-D, School2.0, Social Responsibility, blogging, connecting online, education, leadership, learning, networks, pairadimes, reflection, restructuring | 6 Comments

It is now a month after BLC08 and a recent comment has stirred up some thoughts that sent me back to a blog draft I wrote months ago. On Defragging my brain after BLC08, Angela Kerns mentioned that of my nine ‘take-aways’, #3 and #4 resonated with her:
3. Face-to-face meetings with your network are powerful… […]

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

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 […]

May

16

Opportunities, Access & Obstacles

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Opportunities

“You know the No. 1 complaint about school is that it’s boring because the traditional way it’s taught relies on passive learning,” Mr. Noguera said. “It’s not interactive enough.”
Pedro Noguera (NYT)

I just watched David Warlick’s K12 Online Conference […]

May

2

Statement of Educational Philosophy

Category: Learning Conversations, Pedegogy, compassion, education, leadership, learning, metaphor, pairadimes, technology | 1 Comment

[Originally posted May 23rd,’07]
I wrote this three years ago, but recently had to make a change… As little as one year ago the second paragraph did not exist for me, and now it is placed in a position of importance. I post my Statement of Educational Philosophy now, after reading and posting a comment on […]

Apr

26

School 2.0h no, not yet…

Category: School2.0, education, learning, pairadimes, restructuring, technology | 1 Comment

I’ve been having this conversation in a few different places, and now I need to put my thoughts together. Here is a summary of some discussions and e-mail messages, a Wesley Fryer’s post “Advice for designing the school of the future” and my comment there, and my forum post in the School 2.0 social network […]

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