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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.
1. […]
Jul
15
Alan November’s BLC08 pre-conference
Category: Learning Conversations, connecting online, education, leadership, learning, networks, pairadimes, presentation, technology | 2 Comments
“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
16
Something from Nothing
Category: Learning Conversations, blogging, books I like, connecting online, education, learning, pairadimes, reflection | Leave a Comment
A Blog from Nothing
I remember when I put a ClustrMap on my blog. I saw one on a novel study wiki and thought it would be great for student wikis & blogs, to help students see that they have a global audience. It took me over an hour to figure out how and where to […]
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 […]
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
15
SUCCESS(full) Presentation
Category: Pro-D, education, learning, lessons, pairadimes, presentation | Leave a Comment
success: Richard St. John (From TED)
This isn’t only a presentation about what leads to success… it is also about presenting successfully.
It is about how to use Powerpoint (or another presentation tool) effectively: Simple graphics, purposeful movement/animation, a single key word, effective use of bold font, a minimalist quote, good pacing, simple humour, and a message […]
Apr
14
it brought tears to my eyes
Category: compassion, pairadimes | Leave a Comment
The power of the human spirit at its’ best!
“CAN”: World’s Strongest Dad, (read this first).
Originally posted: March 12th, 2007
Reflection upon re-reading and re-posting:
We see so many horrible things in the news… why aren’t stories like this one ever the headlines? We really need to re-evaluate why a troubled kid who shoots […]
Apr
8
Numeracy & Problem Solving: Process Producibles
Category: Pedegogy, books I like, education, instructional design, learning, lessons, pairadimes, reflection, restructuring, technology | Leave a Comment
Math Professional Development day with Peter Liljedahl: Two sessions
1. Exploring Producibles: Getting the Genie Back in the Bottle.
2. Assessing Numeracy: How do you Photograph the Wind?
One of my goals for this year is to make Professional Development Days more useful. Too often I gather great information from a session and then ‘file’ it away never […]
Apr
5
Tribute
Category: Pedegogy, education, learning, pairadimes, technology | Leave a Comment
This is a tribute to educators. It is written in admiration of a special breed of dedicated educators that are ‘gifted’. It is a salute to teachers who have transcended the skills taught in teacher’s college and have truly mastered the ‘art’ of teaching.
We all know the type, the teacher(s) we speak of well into […]
Apr
4
Square Peg, Round Hole
Category: Learning Conversations, Pedegogy, Square Peg, education, instructional design, learning, metaphor, pairadimes, reflection, restructuring, technology | Leave a Comment
A composition of other people’s thoughts and ideas… with a theme.
How to Bring our Schools Out of the 20th Century by Claudia Wallis, Sonja Steptoe, Time Magazine cover story Dec. 18, 2006
“For the past five years, the national conversation on education has focused on reading scores, math tests and closing the “achievement gap” between social […]
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