To begin, I realize that tweeting and blogging can be complementary practices in the language classroom. Either can be used to gain viewers to the others’ platform. It was through Twitter that I was able to get readers and comments on my class blog and it was with blogging that I was able to discuss resources that I found on Twitter. …
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Loading...A clear aim with the introduction of iBooks Author was to transform the creation and distribution of textbooks in education. This may be true, but there are many more applications for this software. For my EDCI 591 Learning and Integrating Technology assignment I have been learning about e-books and how to navigate iBooks Author (create, customize and publish). …
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I like thinking about the "the problem we are trying to solve" without focusing on the side effects of our solution. Too often we are looking for silver bullets that will transform education without thinking about what the bullet is really meant to do.…
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MOOC means massive-open-online-course. When I first met the MOOCs this year, I got scared and couldn’t find my way through. I run away. Later on, I came back and I started reading and listening to what people say about the concept and I got in love.…
(No Ratings Yet)Loading...According to the NREPP the connection a child or adolescent feels to their counsellor is imperative to success the student experiences in counselling. http://www.nrepp.samhsa.gov/Norcross.aspx.
Many students live in a space of “digital dualism” http://bit.ly/MW4NvU. Their lives are an interplay of both online and offline relationships.…
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A few weeks ago our school received a cart of 30 Chromebooks. I was keen to get started, even though I have never used Google Drive, and very few Web 2.0 tools. I new we would be getting an inservice eventually, but I thought I’d bring a few into my class and see what happened. …
(No Ratings Yet)Loading...One of our final tasks for #etmooc is to create a 6 word story prior to #etmchat on the 27th March. The topic is:
“What does it mean to be an educator and digital citizen? What is our special role?”
I won’t be able to be part of the chat but have made a story anyway using haiku deck.…
(No Ratings Yet)Loading...Wow, #etmooc sure has provided a ton of opportunities to explore a vast new territory for so many educators! What a whirlwind of amazing learning experiences… how can it possibly be coming to an end? I feel like the little green guy from Just For Laughs:
I know it’s not really the end. …
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This week has been a memorable one to say the least. Monday afternoon just before bus dismissal, I was ambushed by my principal, the superintendent, executive officers, and fellow media specialists who announced that I am the 2013 library media specialist of the year!!…
(No Ratings Yet)Loading...I have been trying to teach my students how to search the internet more efficiently for quite a while now, with limited success. I used to spend a lot of time on keywords and understanding boolean logic and trying to find the magic query that would return the most relevant results. …
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