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Podcasts are good for you #5days5posts Post 2

I have been meaning to write about podcats ever since I started this blog. This completely new form of entertainment has fascinated me since I downloaded my very first episode of the History of Rome podcast. (For a thoroughly enjoyable account of the fascinating history of the Roman Empire, check out the iTunes Store or Mike’s blog and download the 179 episodes of this podcast.)…

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Student work using Strip Design

Year 7 students used Strip Design to create comic strips to explain how to find the Highest Common Factor or the Lowest Common Multiple. They shared their work with others in the class via our Edmodo page, and I’m sharing some here because I think they did a great job.…

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Refection on New Online Teacher course

Hi,
I liked some of the postings on Social Media Presence. What I believe is as follows:
Most of the online learners prefer to have social presence in online learning experience. Social presence develops strength and relationships among learners and between the facilitator and learners.
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Hybrid Pedagogy: Leaders in Innovation

I’m biased. I admit it. I’m partial to the  Hybrid Pedagogy team of Pete Rorabaugh, Jesse Stommel, Sean Michael Morris, Robin Wharton and Valerie Robin.  How can I not be? These are the folks that brought us Twitter vs.
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30-day challenges #5days5posts Post 1

This new edition of the #5days5posts series starts with a short musing about setting myself 30-day challenges. I contemplate why I think it’s a good idea to do and I announce the first two challenges for the next 30 days.

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The Other 21st Century Skills

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Many have attempted to identify the skills important for a learner today in this era of the 21st century (I know it is an overused phrase).  I have an affinity towards the skills identified by Tony Wagner:

  • Critical thinking and problem-solving
  • Collaboration across networks and leading by influence
  • Agility and adaptability
  • Initiative and entrepreneurialism
  • Effective oral and written communication
  • Accessing and analyzing information…

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Caveat Venditor: Pink’s To Sell Is Human

I loved Daniel Pink’s Drive and found it extremely relevant to many of problems confronting education (cf. some of my thoughts on it), so when +Chris Long suggested his newest book To Sell Is Human: The Surprising Truth About Moving Others for a #CAedchat summer read, I eagerly jumped right on it.…

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