I got an iTouch for Christmas, and I find it interesting how it has changed the way I interact with information on the internet. What I like. More immediate access to Twitter. Being a parent, partner and teacher keeps me busy enough that I am not in front of my laptop enough to keep on … [Read more…]
The Holidays have left me with about four half thought out blog posts and I can’t seem to get myself into the right headspace to finish them off. I think maybe I’m taking them too seriously, so instead I think it’s time for more of a stream of consciousness post. I just finished reading Will … [Read more…]
Cindy Martin got me thinking with her recent blog post Reflections on Instructional Methods My research groups do not need to work on a project. They need to work on the skills needed to do a research project. I do not need to feel pressured into producing some elaborate end result with them, we need … [Read more…]
This week I am participating in a Knowschools course on Blogging in the Classroom. It has been a stretch for me to try and actively participate in this course as well a keep on top of the mountain of other things that usually take up my day, but it has been worth it. Our latest … [Read more…]
There have been a bunch of thoughts swirling around in my head over the past week that I really have to write down so that I can move on to other things. My experiences as a teacher involved in the Digiteen Project this year have gotten me thinking alot about how to engage teenagers in … [Read more…]
This year I decided my grade 9 class would join the Digi Teen project, an amazing global collaborative project dreamed up by Vicki Davis and Julie Lindsay. As participants in this project my grade 9 technology class is engaged in researching different aspects of digital citizenship and collaborating with peers from other countries to edit … [Read more…]
The post below is copied from the one I posted to our school intranet to try and give our teachers some ideas for their new blogs. ___ I wanted my first post on this particular Blog to be as helpful as possible to all the teachers who have suddenly found themselves with an online workspace, … [Read more…]
I’ve just created a form I want to get my students to fill in at the beginning of this year. I will have every class for a half hour to discuss the AUP and the links between technology and Approaches to Learning. I want to also use this time to collect some data about how … [Read more…]
I just came across my notes from a Jennifer James presentation I went to a few years back. It really resonated with some of the other books I have been reading recently like The World Is Flat and A Whole New Mind. I thought it was worth re-posting. The morning’s keynote speaker was Jennifer James,a … [Read more…]
OK, blogs I get. It’s taken me a while but I understand. I started out just visiting a few blogs and gleaning some interesting insights. Then I discovered RSS and the incredible way that it allows me feed the information that I want directly to my computer. I’m even beginning to understand the value of … [Read more…]
