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.…
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Loading...Well it happened, our school board approved our one-to-one technology plan. As part of that plan I have proposed a yearlong edtech professional development experience.
My professional development plan for the 2013-2014 school year is based on what we are calling an Open Online Experience (#OOE go ahead say it out loud).…
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at Cotswold Wildlife Park…
(No Ratings Yet)Loading...*This blog post is the second portion of a two-part collaborative post between myself and Mary Bertram. Head over to her blog, Prairie Inspiration, to see the first portion of this post on digital identity, online presence and reasons to join the online education community.…
(No Ratings Yet)Loading...Before you read through this post try one thing: Google yourself. What do you see? Do you like what you see? For some of you that will have been an eye-opening experience for others you already knew what to expect.…
(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.…
(No Ratings Yet)Loading...This week we started the novel Whale Rider by Witi Ihimaera. Our first activity was to read the legend “How Maui Fished up an Island” which documents the formation of the lands known as New Zealand.
Using Susan Augstyn’s method for summarizing, students choose three key words in each sentence of the legend. …
(No Ratings Yet)Loading...What a great way to perform the learning outcomes for Grade 11 French: find a true French recipe from the Francophone world via Twitter and make it for the class. Preparing French food together helped build community, reviewed our French food vocabulary, and created authentic research opportunities. …
(No Ratings Yet)Loading...The Aussie Coursera? A new homegrown MOOC platform arrives – from theconversation.com
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A new free online education platform has been launched in Canberra today, by tertiary education minister Chris Bowen.
Open Universities Australia, a private distance and online education organisation, has stepped into the world of Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) with a new online platform called Open2Study.…
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Flat world for a Minecraft design challenge
I’m planning to lead a couple of different learning opportunities online in my school district and planning for them makes me think about the flexibility of virtual spaces to meet the needs of learners.…
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