Apr

24

Connected to India!

April 24, 2008 | 2 Comments

It was VERY early on Wednesday morning, but students in Mr. Carrier’s homeroom at Nashwaaksis Middle School enjoyed a connection they won’t soon forget as they moved on to the next phase of their ongoing French language project with students at the American School of Bombay in Mumbai, India.
With the school day yet to start [...]

Apr

18

Next Season on Survivor…

April 18, 2008 | 2 Comments

It’s Friday! Here’s something light…yet so revealing! Received it by email from a colleague… enjoy!

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Have you heard about the next planned “Survivor” show?
Three businessmen and three businesswomen will be dropped in an elementary school classroom for 1 school year. Each business person will be provided with a copy of his/her school district’s curriculum, and [...]

Apr

17

PBL Workshop - Day 1

April 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Live Blogging…PBL workshop
I am attending a PBL workshop for five new model schools who will be instituting a school-wide PBL program next year…workshop leaders are Thom Markham and Tristan de Frondeville from Buck Institute…
Thom…
The core skill of the 21st century is the ability to be flexible…
We are beginning to evolve methods of designing learning that [...]

Apr

11

Virtual travellers from the future…

April 11, 2008 | 7 Comments

I’ve had a couple of chances to model the value of a connected world to students the last couple of weeks.
Learners in the undergrad university education course which I lead were treated last week as fellow edublogger Jeff Utecht joined our class via Skype from Shanghai for a few minutes to talk about the impact [...]