As the calendar turns from 2013 to 2014 I find myself looking back over all that has happened in the last twelve months. The year has been filled with great experiences. Because I am not teaching in the classroom I don’t have to plan lessons and correct so I have much more time in the evenings and on weekends.…
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Loading...One of the the things that I love about Twitter is how it allows me to have real time conversations: I talk about mundaine things, collaborate, share resources, participate in Twitter Chats and play games of Twitter vs. Zombies.
Sometimes the conversations take place over a longer period of time, like the riff below that started with Verena sharing an excellent infographic she saw at Edudemic that had Teachable Moments for Digital Citizenship” target=”_blank”Teachable Moments for Digital Citizenship for teachers and included Julie Balen in Manitoulin Island in Ontario, Verena Roberts and Susan Spellman Cann in Calgary and me here in Edmonton.…
(No Ratings Yet)Loading...Technically I am a MOOC failure. One more data point for those who are tallying the high drop out rate for MOOCs in news stories across all media these days. A disappointment to Jeff Merrell and Kimberly Scott who facilitated Exploring Personal Learning Networks (#xplrPLN.)…
(No Ratings Yet)Loading...For the last two months I have been fortunate to participate in ETMooc, an Educational Technology & Media, massive open online course. It is a cMooc, a connectivist Mooc, structured in a way that encouraged the development of a learning community.…
(No Ratings Yet)Loading...We’ve launched a Post #Etmooc Blog Reading Group as one way to continue develop our extended learning relationships. The idea is based on a post by George Couross.
Interested in reading? Commenting, communicating? Join us, join our Google+ Community.…
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(No Ratings Yet)Loading...This year I am a mentor for the edublogs Student Blogging Challenge, it is the first time I have been involved, and I am looking forward to it, although I have a lot of posts to read. I have been assigned 29 students from the United States and Trinidad and Tobago; it is interesting how similar their interests are.…
(No Ratings Yet)Loading...Verena Roberts hosted an Open Education panel on Thursday that I watched live-stream with some of my co-workers. We missed the very beginning and end of the session, but it was still a great way to introduce them to the concept of open education and consider Google+ Hangouts could be used for webinars.…
(No Ratings Yet)Loading...One thing I have really enjoyed about etmooc is the connections that I am making with passionate educators in Alberta and around the globe.
The current theme in etmooc is The Open Movement – Open Access, OERs & Future of Ed.…
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