Why Blog? (the short version) How can a blog enhance and redefine learning? Blogging and other online applications can be used to create learning opportunities for students in which they are able to build autonomy, mastery, and purpose within the context of school and their lives. Research has shown that when people are given these three opportunities (autonomy,…
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First Day
It’s amazing how leadership and vision can shape a school culture. This year my wife have moved our family from Asia to the Middle East. We’re are in a new school and a new environment. The outside world is hot and dusty, and in a perpetual state of construction. In a sense so is the…
Assignment 5: Digital Story Telling
Immediately I am drawn to how Sylvia Tolisano describes digital story telling because it is immediately apparent to me that this is another example of a great approach to teaching that has been redefined with technology. As Tolisano points out, stories are inherent in all cultures, and contain knowledge and wisdom that needs to be taught and passed on. In my classroom when I teach…
Joyce Valenza – See Sally Research
TEDxPhilidelphiaED – Joyce Valenza demonstrates the evolution of library research and the importance of information literacy in 21st Century teaching.
Earth Day, and the frustrations of the internet
For Earth Day I participated in the teach paperless day inspired by TeachPaperless, a very cool edublog I’ve been reading. I decided I would try out Animoto with my two classes (Have a look at my previous post To the Climbing Gym to learn more about Animoto). The assignment given was, in groups of five,…
To the Climbing Gym
To the Climbing Gym. Having checked out the 12 Essentials for Integrating technology posted by Free tech for teachers(both links are on the side bar), I did a little test run of animoto, a service that allows you to create presentations from your photos and video clips. Easy, but not as quick as advertised. It…
As Promised
In the previous post “Brain Overload” I said I would share some new resources I had discovered. The links are posted below as well as in the Teaching and Technology sidebar. Classroom 2.0 Free Technology for Teachers 12 Essentials for Technology Integration Google for Teachers Enjoy!
EDUPUNK
EduPunks Say School Yourself There are a lot of interesting points coming out in this article regarding the re-shaping of how education looks, is delivered, and is quantified. I agree with some, other parts I have questions, other bits I don’t think I agree with. “Campbell notes businesses will be hungry for people who aren’t…
Brain on Overload
Wow, so I’ve been continuing my quest to integrate the digital world into my classroom and, well, I feel like I’ve opened a treasure chest and its contents has exploded; plastering itself into my brain like sticky mud on a finely tuned bicycle drive train…my thinking is stalled, overwhelmed with options…where once I didn’t know…
Jump in!
I amazed by how little I have done and by how much I have learned. Simply by starting this blog I’ve linked into a global conversation on how technology fits into education in the contemporary world. For example, I’m now trying to decide how to I can use wikis in my grade six classroom…possibly more…
HoltSpeak 