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Jul
15
Alan November’s BLC08 pre-conference
Category: Learning Conversations, connecting online, education, leadership, learning, networks, pairadimes, presentation, technology | 
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“Leading the Transition”
I’m in the session now… WOW… so I’ll be brief.
Alan asked me to start a Shared Google Document here it is: http://fon.gs/blc08precongdoc/
And here is the Ustream: http://fon.gs/blc08preconustream/
Here is what it looks like from my perspective: (I pulled out my tablet which is on my lap to do this post)
Special thanks to my new […]
Jun
8
Harnessing our advantage
Category: Learning Conversations, blogging, education, leadership, learning, pairadimes, reflection, restructuring, technology | Leave a Comment
Originally posted: March 30th, 2008
Reflection upon re-reading and re-posting:
This is the last post that I have to move and so I thought I would put my reflection first.
I actually posted this after I went back to the beginning of my blog and started the reposting process. There is only one other time that […]
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
18
“Release the Hounds” by Chris Harbeck
Category: Pedegogy, Pro-D, School2.0, education, learning, pairadimes, presentation, student leadership | 3 Comments
You can go to the K12Online page or to Chris’ wiki page.
To put it simply… there is something here for everyone!
Description
This presentation takes participants along my journey into integrating 2.0 applications and “21st Century Learning” into my pedagogy. The presentation will show how teacher driven assignments and projects teach students some of the skills they […]
May
5
Reflections: Stirring in the crock pot
Category: blogging, books I like, connecting online, education, metaphor, networks, pairadimes, reflection, technology | 1 Comment
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 […]
May
4
The Capacity to Lead
Category: compassion, education, leadership, learning, metaphor, pairadimes, reflection, student leadership | Leave a Comment
Students of all ages have the capacity to lead.
For a few years now I have taken a group of Grade 7 and 8 students to our feeder schools to teach the incoming Grade 5’s the “Seven Secrets of Leadership”, but really it is about so much more than that!
This is from the e-mail I send […]
Apr
26
$3,881.65 for one night’s work
Category: compassion, education, leadership, learning, pairadimes, student leadership | Leave a Comment
…more on Empathy.
Friday night I camped out at the school with 49 students, each raising a minimum of $50- to earn the opportunity to sleep over at the school. We hosted a 24 hour famine to raise money for our Me to We Club… we are fundraising to build a school in Sierra Leone.
It was […]
Apr
19
“I’m a mop not a sponge”: Metaphors all the way down
Category: Pedegogy, books I like, education, learning, metaphor, pairadimes, reflection, technology | Leave a Comment
A well-known scientist once gave a public lecture on astronomy. He described how the Earth orbits around the sun and how the sun, in turn, orbits around the centre of a vast collection of stars called our galaxy.
At the end of the lecture, a little old lady at the back of the room got up […]
Apr
16
Reflections: Visit Counts, Technorati, Comments and Ego: A Good, Bad, and (almost) Indifferent Post
Category: Learning Conversations, blogging, connecting online, education, pairadimes, reflection | Leave a Comment
An honest look at my blog.
The Good: • This site, elgg.net, is not going to be called EduFilter (seems my e-mail wasn’t the only complaint). Elgg is now EduSpaces, a name a number of us recommended - though I bear no claim to my voice being listened to since I also offered a dozen other […]
Apr
12
Promoting a Spirit of Inquiry
Category: Learning Conversations, Pro-D, education, instructional design, leadership, learning, pairadimes | Leave a Comment
Introduction
I have just spent my 2nd of 3 days with Bruce Wellman of Mira Via in a Pro-D session tittled Developing & Facilitating Collaborative Groups. The first session had a focus on facilitating groups and my personal learning focus centered around two main ideas:
1. Being deliberate about when we use Discussion and when we use […]
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