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Jun
8
Harnessing our advantage
Category: Learning Conversations, blogging, education, leadership, learning, pairadimes, reflection, restructuring, technology | 
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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 […]
Jun
3
“I speak digital” :: Digital Exposure
Category: Pedegogy, digital native, education, learning, pairadimes, technology | 1 Comment
I’ve bounced some digital immigrant/native ideas around a few times. Now I have one more thing to add.
When I was young my sister had dolls that spoke. This was so amazing! You pulled a string in the doll’s neck and as it recoiled the doll said, “Hi Ma-ma” or some other short phrase. Later the […]
May
22
The Flickering (Never)Mind
Category: Learning Conversations, Pedegogy, Pro-D, connecting online, learning, networks, pairadimes, restructuring, technology | 1 Comment
A colleague and good friend sent this review of The Flickering Mind to me, wanting to hear my rebuttal. Here it is!
This outdated book, The Flickering Mind, is based on very poor research, it lacks any meaningful data, and it seeks out the worst of the worst in order to prove a point. How about […]
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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May
3
bRinging tools to class
Category: Learning Conversations, School2.0, Square Peg, digital native, education, pairadimes, restructuring, technology | Leave a Comment
Today during a Math lesson on Surface Area and Volume:
Mr. Truss, I forgot my calculator, can I borrow one?
Do you have your cell phone?
Yes?
Then you have a calculator.
Really? I can use my cell phone?
Really!
Cell phones and mp3 players in the classroom: Not Obstacles but Opportunities
“Kids are […]
May
2
Statement of Educational Philosophy
Category: Learning Conversations, Pedegogy, compassion, education, leadership, learning, metaphor, pairadimes, technology | 1 Comment
[Originally posted May 23rd,’07]
I wrote this three years ago, but recently had to make a change… As little as one year ago the second paragraph did not exist for me, and now it is placed in a position of importance. I post my Statement of Educational Philosophy now, after reading and posting a comment on […]
May
1
Blogging with students requires biting your [digital] tongue
Category: Learning Conversations, Pedegogy, School2.0, blogging, connecting online, education, instructional design, learning, metaphor, pairadimes, reflection | 3 Comments
In my last post about my Science Alive wiki, I mentioned that our Renaissance Fair Project was starting, (here is the assignment). I also mentioned that with our lousy computer lab, I wouldn’t be blogging again as I did last year.
Well, I decided to go ahead anyway! I can’t use our useless communal teacher lab, […]
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 | 2 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 […]
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