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Aug
16
beg for foregiveness
Category: Learning Conversations, Pedegogy, School2.0, blogging, connecting online, education, leadership, lessons, pairadimes, reflection, technology | 
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Sometimes it is better to beg for forgiveness
than it is to ask for permission.
We’ve all heard that before, but we can’t all be Gary Stager and do what we want when we want. [Please see the first two comments for some clarification on this statement.] Sometimes we have to be political, sometimes we have to […]
Jul
16
Description: Since keeping a blog I have learned that little lessons can form big ideas, altering what a teacher can and must do. I’ve recently moved my blog, and in doing so, I have reflected on every post along the way. Here is an anecdotal look at a few things my blog has taught me.
Here […]
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 […]
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
31
Most Influential
Category: Learning Conversations, Pedegogy, School2.0, connecting online, education, leadership, learning, networks, pairadimes, reflection, restructuring, technology | Leave a Comment
We are influenced by so many things in our lives. Identifying what has a significant influence on us can be difficult. Here are two things that I believe can be categorized as most influential… and they both happened Monday.
1. Fifteen year old Kristine wrote a very influential blog post last May. It coincided with […]
May
24
The Lowest Common Denominator (No, this isn’t about Math)
Category: Learning Conversations, Pedegogy, leadership, learning, lessons, networks, pairadimes, presentation, reflection | 2 Comments
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
Employability Skills 2000+ or 2000-?
Category: School2.0, connecting online, education, learning, pairadimes, reflection | Leave a Comment
Well, I’ve been at school for just over 14 hours and my mind is officially mush. I’m creating the paperwork needed for the new Grad Transisions Program so that I can give the Grade 11’s and 12’s in my school all the new documents for this year. I plan to be paperless for the Grade […]
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
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
17
INDEXED - a ‘graph’ is worth a thousand words
Category: Learning Conversations, blogging, education, humour, metaphor, pairadimes | Leave a Comment
Jessica Hagy uses graphs to make sense of our world. She is deft at finding hidden truths in places we all look at, but are blind to. I will share one such graph with you now, and link to two more on her blog…. head there and find your own favorites.
Interesting people are interested.
I have […]
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