Nov

28

Only slightly bruised…

November 28, 2006 | 1 Comment

This was a long weekend for students in our district, but not for teachers (our Thanksgiving in Canada was a month or so ago)…we’ve spent the last couple of days in district designed and delivered PD activities surrounding differentiation in our teaching…
In addition to that, I was finally able to start the long-needed conversation at [...]

Nov

25

Fame is fleeting…but nice…:)

November 25, 2006 | Leave a Comment

Just saw the Nov/Dec edition of Ed Tech K12 Magazine this week.  They do a nice job of keeping us informed of the latest coming and goings in the world of educational technology…This issue has lots of interesting stuff, including a piece by David Warlick on acceptable blogging practices for teachers…but it also has a piece featuring our [...]

Nov

21

Reading Dr. Lacey…

November 21, 2006 | Leave a Comment

We start a new project this week…I’ve been working for a month now to coordinate a literature circle using a blog…nothing new there, but this one has a twist…actually two!
I was really looking to make the student experience as authentic as possible and reach outside the walls…so we hooked up two of our classes with [...]

Nov

20

Technology; Challenges and Opportunities Created…

November 20, 2006 | Leave a Comment

Part of my job is to work with teachers to develop collaborative projects for their classrooms.  I am up to my eyeballs in this function today, supporting two teachers from my school who are involved in starting projects with other schools.
As part of one of the provincial Department of Education’s initiatives, they are involved in a “Knowing [...]

Nov

17

A small, flat world…

November 17, 2006 | 1 Comment

I was reflecting on my drive to work this morning just what kind of opportunities for contact our students have.  I remember the first time that I told my father (a now retired teacher) several years back that I believed that my kids will undoubtably have the opportunity to travel to space.  He scoffed at the [...]

Nov

15

Game Based Website Evaluation

November 15, 2006 | Leave a Comment

Had a chance to participate in the Game Based Approach to Website Evaluation webinar hosted by the folks at LearningTimes.org last evening.  It was an interesting and well-organized 90 minutes.  The hosts/leaders did a nice job of keeping things focused and on track.
The session looked a number of new activities designed to teach the basics [...]

Nov

12

Now the Hard Part…

November 12, 2006 | 1 Comment

We finally finished our rollout this week. After a few minor technical issues delayed us a couple of days, we now have laptop computers into the hands of 563 eager students. Now comes the hard part.
The experience of many students (and teachers) is that computers are linked to entertainment and socialization. Some of them have [...]