I believe the power and significance of the student as a Global Communicator and Collaborator is summed up in the following quote; “Everyday I have to decide if I will write for my teachers or publish to the world” Eighth grader talking about whether she will do her homework, or continue her work as a…
Presentation Zen
RETHINK from PEDH I created the above Presentation Zen for my fifth grade class as a reminder and re-introduction to the idea of RETHINK. A concept that we are using to create digital stories about changing our consumption habits. What I like most about Presentation Zen is that it is simple in concept, but when…
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…
Who Owns the Learning? Chapter 2: The Student as Tutorial Designer -How Do We Show the Value?
Students, in my experience always want to help each other, so it is no surprise that instead of making it a problem that classes always want to casually discuss concepts and ideas presented to them, that instead it should be made into an opportunity for improving student learning. Currently, in my classroom students are always allowed to discuss and help each…
A Reflection on Alan November’s “Who Owns the Learning?”
Alan November welcomes the reader the to the Digital Learning Farm by quoting Daniel Pink‘s book Drive. Pink points out that predictors of high quality work are when individuals experience autonomy, mastery, and purpose. November then wonders how well our traditional education model allows for these three elements. Essentially in my mind it doesn’t. November points out…
Technology Integration for Digital Learning: Assignment 1
Photo Credit: opensourceway via Compfightcc Coming into this course I have a lot of background knowledge on using technology in my classroom. About five years ago went to a PD conference in Canada where I had the chance to stumble into short session on digital learning with a guy named Will Richardson. The session was short, but this Will…
A Glogster Adventure
I’ve decided to try out GlogsterEDU with my grade fives. I chose the this particular application because I liked that it allows me to manage all the student accounts from mine, and I can watch their progress. I found it quite easy to get them all signed up. They accessed GlogsterEDU from our class…
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…
HoltSpeak 