May

28

Creating for an (authentic) audience

May 28, 2008 | 1 Comment

After spending two years as a lead teacher in a 1:1 student laptop project, the past two years my primary objective as a Technology Mentor has been to support teachers and students to utilize this wonderful resource within the learning process.
I also work with another school, less technology-rich. In fact, it’s probably more reflective [...]

May

27

Natural Connections

May 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Received this link via email today. This site features a live video feed that invades (nicely) a Bald Eagle’s nest, available for watching 24 hours a day (although nighttime is kind of dark!).
What a way to connect classrooms with the natural world. Students could spend a few minutes watching the feed, maybe capturing [...]

May

26

Investing in Leadership

May 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Just over 10 months ago I was sitting at O’Hare Airport in Chicago, on a four-hour layover. I emailed my supervisor, telling him that next year (this coming summer) I didn’t want to make the trip between my hometown of Fredericton on the east coast of Canada and Memphis alone again.
It wasn’t that I [...]

May

13

A New Story…

May 13, 2008 | 2 Comments

shift from teaching to learning can be difficult. Everyday I see teachers who see a difference in their students from ten years ago, who know that something has to change, who want to do the very best by their students, but absolutely struggle to get past their own narrative of teaching.It is a tremendous obstacle, [...]

May

13

Student Blogging…

May 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment

I have been pondering just how to expand our student blogging next year for a while. There’s the pedagogical side of it, which is a conversation I need to have with teachers, but then there is the platform side of it, a conversation I am starting to address with our IS staff.
As a 1:1 [...]