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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 […]
May
24
The Lowest Common Denominator (No, this isn’t about Math)
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The LCD
In Math, the Lowest Common Denominator (LCD) is a good thing…
it allows you to simplify an equation and usually makes the work easier. (If you were looking for a Math post go here or here.)
For the sake of this post the LCD is not good.
Here, the LCD is when you reduce things to in […]
May
18
Two ’stuck’ posts, a borrowed post with an added rant, and a few questions.
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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 […]
May
15
FieldFindr: Using Ning to Connect Teachers to Volunteers
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“A portal to Connect Classrooms to the World: Global Citizens can Share Talents and Skills with Students. Teachers can find Global Citizens (Volunteers) willing to help in a field of interest that they are working on in their class.”
FieldFindr: Where teachers can meet global citizens with skills to share.
It started with a post and a […]
May
11
Digital immigrants or digital natives? A discussion of digital competence… A spectrum, not a dichotomy!
Category: Learning Conversations, Pedegogy, School2.0, blogging, connecting online, digital native, education, metaphor, networks, pairadimes, reflection, restructuring, technology | 4 Comments
Amy Capelle has started a very interesting discussion in Ning’s Classroom2.0
She asks, “Are they really digital natives?”
The discussion there is great! Here is my response:
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May
5
Reflections: Stirring in the crock pot
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Spring brings new beginnings just as a school year comes to an end. As a teacher it is difficult not to be reflective in June.
Special moments remembered, peppered lightly with what could have been, and never transpired. The nostalgia seems to loom more so this year as I contemplate a move after my nine-year […]
Apr
30
Wikis in the classroom: a reflection.
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Well here it is, my completed Science Alive Wiki.
After an incident delayed getting feedback from my students until last Monday, things got extremely busy with preparation for the Renaissance Fair and my Grade 5 Transition Retreats [the subject of a future post]. All this included 3 afternoons out of my classroom at other functions… I […]
Apr
24
A Giant Teaches Me About SUCCESS: a “what are your secrets to a successful life” meme
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I’ve been tagged with a “what are your secrets to a successful life” meme by Kelly Christopherson. To be honest, I was dreading being tagged by a meme… I knew it was going to come eventually, but my writing process, my flow, seldom lends itself to creating lists… they are too linear for my big […]
Apr
23
“Some Assembly Required”
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I thought I was going to spend the long weekend reading my book for our book club, but I had a Whole New challenge instead: Putting together a million piece puzzle for my kids to play on in our back yard…. swings, monkey bars, slide, fort, climbing wall, and picnic bench all neatly packed in […]
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