So, it is the last week of #ETMOOC and we have been talking about digital citizenship.  
How do we teach it? Model it?  etc…

And here is what I have been thinking about…I know we have to discuss what not to do with our students.

Last Wednesday I had the opportunity to spend the day with my new twitter friend, Lindsey Own, in her school in Seattle, Washington.  Lindsey and I met on twitter a little while ago and had chatted a bit about Genius Hour.

This blog entry was inspired by Ben Wilkoff‘s vlog below.  I watched it a few weeks ago and have been thinking about it since. 

Ben talks about how lucky he feels when he is within a school and he mentions those “moments when you hear someone say aha!

Every couple of weeks, we get a new topic with #etmooc a recent one was about the meaning behind the buzz words like digital literacy, media literacy…you know what I mean…

I thought a lot about it…what does it mean to me?

A little while ago, AJ Juliani asked Denise Krebs, Hugh McDonald, Joy Kirr and I to write a collaborative piece on Genius Hour.  We gladly accepted and through the use of GoogleDocs we co-wrote “The Genius Hour Manifesto“.

So, should I change the name of my blog?

About two years ago when I started this blog, I meant for it to be a journal of some sort about the things I was learning to do in my graduate diploma course, ITDA, at SFU.

I have been playing  (yes, playing, I think playtime is so important and necessary with new technology) with Digital Storytelling since I first got an iPad.  But my experience really changed after I heard Dean Shareski talk about the 60 one second movie.

Last week I had a fascinating conversation with Ben Wilkoff and Sheri Edwards about the rewording of PLN from Personal Learning Network to Personal Learning Neighbourhood.  And it really struck a chord with me (see blog about that here).  Well, since that conversation, Ben and I had another conversation about Mr.

Last week I had a fascinating conversation with Ben Wilkoff and Sheri Edwards about the rewording of PLN from Personal Learning Network to Personal Learning Neighbourhood.  And it really struck a chord with me (see blog about that here).  Well, since that conversation, Ben and I had another conversation about Mr.