Jul

17

Learning Conversations -Presentation 2, BLC08

Category: Learning Conversations, Pedegogy, Pro-D, School2.0, connecting online, education, leadership, lessons, pairadimes, presentation, reflection, technology | 4 Comments

This presentation has two parts:
1. Where do our learning conversations need to go? Here are three guiding principles to help us find our way:
• Not the Knowing, but the Process of Inquiry.
• Not covering the curriculum, but ‘uncovering’ the curriculum.
• A focus in innovation, creativity and design.
How do we model this… every day?

Here is a […]

May

18

Two ’stuck’ posts, a borrowed post with an added rant, and a few questions.

Category: Learning Conversations, Pedegogy, School2.0, blogging, connecting online, education, instructional design, learning, pairadimes, presentation, reflection, technology | Leave a Comment

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

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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Apr

30

Wikis in the classroom: a reflection.

Category: Learning Conversations, Pedegogy, Pro-D, School2.0, blogging, education, instructional design, learning, pairadimes, presentation, reflection, technology | 3 Comments

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

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 […]

Apr

13

A Whole New Book Club

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Kelly Christopherson has put out an invitation to join a book club. For those of you who have not visited Kelly yet, his blog Educational Discourse is a blog from the trenches. He is a Principal who also teaches and coaches. Kelly’s blog posts are not only thoughtful and insightful, they are written with a […]

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, […]