I have been reading lots of blogs lately…but none seem more relevant to me that David Warlick’s. I’ve been reflecting on yesterday’s post for a couple of hours…and this part stands out for me… Many people talk about how technology is so much more engaging to kids, that it’s why they work harder on projects such as this. [...]
Entries from October 31, 2006
K12 Online…wow!
October 29, 2006 · No Comments · General
I’ve been trying to peek in on the K12 Online Conference over the past couple of weeks, but haven’t found the time I had hoped. However, I have watched David Warlick‘s pre-conference keynote a couple of times. The first time I saw/met David Warlick was in a formal conference environment (we had a brief chance [...]
A different slant on “Techno-music”
October 29, 2006 · No Comments · General
Yesterday was a wonderful day for me. To start I was privileged to attend the wedding of a wonderful young teacher-to-be. Last year Rebecca spent three months as a Teacher Intern with my teaching partner and myself in our dual 1:1 class. Reared in a conservative British education system and having attended university in my [...]
Welcome to the Band…
October 25, 2006 · 1 Comment · General
As part of the Department of Education’s decision to outfit all 7000 teachers in New Brunswick with laptop computers and expand the 1:1 student laptop program to almost 3000 students in 28 schools province-wide, they also committed to hiring two or three dozen technology mentors. I am one of them (and the only one specifically dedicated [...]
Re-Casting our lines…
October 23, 2006 · No Comments · Collaborative Projects, Webcasts
In the past couple of years interest in technology at our school has been highly focused on the 1:1 project. However, prior to 1:1 our school was heavily involved in web based projects, collaborative projects and webcasts of special events. These webcasts allowed students in other, perhaps more remote, areas to access people and events that [...]
Welcome
October 22, 2006 · 1 Comment · Conferences, General
When I started teaching five years ago, I had no idea what kind of journey awaited. Coming from a family of educators, I had some pretty strong perceptions of education. Then along came some pretty tremendous opportunities that have helped me reshape my ideas about what education can (and I would suggest MUST) become about [...]
