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TedEd – Spreading Good Ideas in Education!

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http://education.ted.com/

Wow!  TED has done it again. Created something “worth spreading” for education: Ted-Ed.  If you haven’t checked this out – you must! The TED organization has created a version of its site for education with the following goal: “We live in a world where one teacher’s voice can spread out throughout the world,” Anderson, TED curator, said—and students worldwide can learn from the best teachers in each subject (quoted from Dennis Pierce, How TED-Ed is helping to amplify instruction, 2012). …

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Games-based Learning: My PD goal for 2012

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Video games by Caitlan Monahan

Video Games courtesy Caitlan Monahan Flickrcc

I’m a big fan of play – it is one of the most authentic, engaging, rewarding modes of learning.

My old school (primary) was heavily into play-based learning but now I work in a high school.…

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A MOOC-est proposal

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(if you don’t get the pun, please see A Modest Proposal)

we hope to give everyone access to the world-class education that has so far been available only to a select few. We want to empower people with education that will improve their lives, the lives of their families, and the communities they live in.

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What Are The Characteristics of A Teacher Leader and How Can You Realize Your Potential As A Teacher Leader?

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Teacher Leadership

When I reflect on the term teacher leadership, what comes to mind are these key ideas:

learner, visionary, passionate, committed, highly engaged, innovative, and reflective

Teacher leadership is about impacting the learning culture and functioning as change agents in your classroom, school, or district. …

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The Pen is Mightier than the Sword

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Today a regarding whether or not basic HTML and CSS should be included in every digital media literacy toolset. That is a mouthful. Having a literacy with two modifiers and and suffix really complicates the question. I could try to address the idea of what it means to be literate, or digital literacy, or media literacy, etc etc, but what really grabbed me was the toolset.…

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Setting goals with students

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At the end of last term, June, I began to think that if I really want to work together with my learners, help them be motivated and committed to learning English, and above all, I believe we are a team, they need to be part of the design of the syllabus.…

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Learning is in the Connections

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Recently I complete a course offered at the University of Saskatchewan titled: ETAD802, Foundations of Educational Technology. That’s a mouthful, like most other courses I have been taking. It’s not just a mouthful though, it was a monster of a course (in a great way).…

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An Aussie’s adventure in USA Part II: New York and Niagara Falls

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As promised here’s the summary of our adventures in New York and Niagara Falls for those who have been following our Journey on Twitter and Instagram.

As mentioned in my previous post:

  1. Connecting with other educators on Twitter has enhanced the experience. 
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