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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 | 
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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 […]
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
27
November Learning
Category: Learning Conversations, Pedegogy, Pro-D, School2.0, Square Peg, blogging, connecting online, education, instructional design, learning, networks, pairadimes, reflection, restructuring | Leave a Comment
After my last post I went to hear Alan November speak at an afternoon Pro-D session. I then read Brian Kuhn’s blog post and added a comment, which I have edited slightly and included below. In the process of writing this comment I realized a valuable lesson, which I will discuss below the comment:
The afternoon […]
Apr
24
Start Your Own Blog
Category: Pro-D, blogging, connecting online, education, instructional design, learning, pairadimes, presentation, reflection, technology | Leave a Comment
Here is the write-up for the 2 hour Professional Development seminar that I ran today for 9 dedicated teachers who showed up on a sunny Saturday, after a full day of Pro-D on Friday.
Start Your Own Blog
A practical session that will introduce you to blogging.
You will see how others use their blogs and you […]
Apr
19
WOW: Bringing Science Alive! (wiki)
Category: Learning Conversations, Pedegogy, connecting online, education, instructional design, learning, pairadimes, presentation, reflection, technology | Leave a Comment
What happens when you:
Allow students to determine what they need to learn, and then enable students to manage their own learning activities?
I recently started a wiki space for my Grade 8 Science classes called Science Alive!
The concept is to let students choose their own topic to explore, and then demonstrate learning on all the levels […]
Apr
13
Portal Needed to Connect Classrooms to the World: Global Citizens can Share Talents and Skills with Students
Category: Learning Conversations, connecting online, education, learning, networks, pairadimes, technology | 1 Comment
Originally posted: February 21st, 2007 [Update: Fieldfindr on Ning-October 3rd, 2007]
Here is an idea that has been brewing in my mind for a while:
FieldFindr
A space where teachers can meet global citizens who have skills that they are willing to contribute to a class.
Teachers can find people in a field of interest that they are […]
Apr
13
A Whole New Book Club
Category: Learning Conversations, Pro-D, books I like, connecting online, networks, pairadimes, reflection | Leave a Comment
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 […]
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