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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Loading...On Wednesday February 27th I took part in a webinar from the Buck Institute about STEM PBL. The Buck Institute provides great training and resources for learning about and implementing project-based learning (PBL) in your classroom. I have taken part in two hands-on PBL training sessions about Project Based Learning with the Buck Institute (PBL 101 and PBL 201) in Red Deer and participated in a few of their webinars.…
(No Ratings Yet)Loading...For the past two weeks we have been exploring Digital Literacies in etmooc. Other than the forced disconnection for my Teacher’s Convention last week; I have been really busy connecting, tweeting and learning on-line. I have several posts started about my notes and thoughts about sessions that I have participated in or research that I am doing, and at least twenty tabs open on my browser than I need to explore.…
(No Ratings Yet)Loading...I just got back from the 2013 Palliser District Teacher’s Convention in Calgary. I work for Alberta Education in Edmonton, but I am seconded there so I still have to attend my school district’s annual Teacher’s Convention in Calgary.
It was a great visit to Calgary.…
(No Ratings Yet)Loading...Tomorrow afternoon I will be heading to Calgary for our annual Teacher’s Convention. This is a required professional development event, and I am looking forward to connecting with my friends and possibly even a few interesting sessions.
I am not looking forward to the “learning” environment.…
(No Ratings Yet)Loading...We just got home from the Silver Skate Festival, celebrating it’s twenty-third year, it is Edmonton’s oldest winter festival. In a bit of a Freudian slip, I initially typed Edmonton’s coldest festival (my hands are still a little chilly) the temperature wasn’t that cold, but the wind was very cold!…
(No Ratings Yet)Loading...I have been blogging for about three years, but it has only been since I joined etmooc that I have blogged with any frequency. Last year I mostly blogged to share information and resources from professional development sessions and to share my photos.…
(No Ratings Yet)Loading...Topic #2 for etmooc is Digital Storytelling. In addition to creating digital stories, we were challenged to critically examine the definition of digital storytelling on Wikipedia. While I think the Wikipedia definition gets at some of the aspects and history of digital storytelling, some of my experiences with digital storytelling are missing.…
(No Ratings Yet)Loading...Last year I challenged myself to take a photo a day with my iPad and post them on my blog. I had seen other photo a day projects which piqued my interest, but my year of photos started when I was on a trip to Asia.…
(No Ratings Yet)Loading...I participated in an etmooc session about Digital Sotrytelling for K-12 hosted by Darren Kuropatwa yesterday. You can watch the archived session here, view Darren’s Slides and check out the session resources here.
During the session Darren had participants record 5 seconds of video and share it with him.…
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