I am thankful that our school and Dept of Education have – so far at least – chosen to keep YouTube and many other social networking sites open in our schools. These are increasingly powerful tools that I hope we can continue to use as learing tools. Now I see that a new, education-friendly alternative [...]
Entries from March 29th, 2007
Math with Wikis…
March 26th, 2007 · 3 Comments · Collaborative Projects, Education, flat class, technology
The use of wikis is exploding at the two schools where I work. One of the most dramatic demonstrations of how wikis can be used is in Matt van Raalte’s Grade 9 Math class. Matt has literally thrown the textbook aside, and has placed all his course materials, from class notes to review and self-correct answer [...]
Flat Prisons?
March 26th, 2007 · No Comments · Conferences, Education
As David Warlick and I cruised through the Boyce Farmer’s Market on his last morning in Fredericton – a landmark and Saturday morning tradition in downtown Fredericton, we happened upon Andy Scott, our local Member of Parliament (representative in the federal government). Andy has been the M.P. for Fredericton for over 15 years, and has [...]
L&L21C – day 2
March 23rd, 2007 · 1 Comment · General
The energy around the hotel was electric today, maybe even moreso than Day 1. People were energized by David Warlick‘s keynote to open Day 1, and the afternoon of sharing and celebration of some amazing collaborative ideas revved up the engines. David’s second keynote this morning was just as inspiring. His message centered on the [...]
L&L21C – Day Two!
March 23rd, 2007 · 1 Comment · Conferences, Education, technology
It is now Day 2…breakfast is over (a fine spread…kudos to the Crowne Plaza)…and we are off and running… David is starting…he’s speaking on Flat World & Flat Classrooms…he’s introducing the concepts of the flat world, and telling the story of his introduction to the flat world through an interaction with students in Iceland… – [...]
L&L21C Conference – Day One
March 23rd, 2007 · No Comments · Education, technology
Day one is in the books – and it was everything that I could have imagined and more. Over 220 teachers from every corner of the province, together in one place for the first time. David Warlick was rivoting, holding their attention for a full hour and a half…nobody budged for fear of missing something. [...]
D-Day -1…priceless…
March 22nd, 2007 · 1 Comment · Education, flat class, technology
The first Literacy and Learning in the 21st century conference began this morning, but I wanted to share a bit about yesterday. I had the pleasure of spending the day with David Warlick yesterday. After having breakfast with some of the great folks at the Department of Education, we wandered over to my school where [...]
D-Day -2
March 20th, 2007 · No Comments · Conferences, Education, technology
I am posting this from the airport. David Warlick‘s flight from Boston is due any minute. I was asked to pick him up and play chauffeur, a task which I gladly jumped at!! I am excited for this event, not just for myself, but for the 220+ of my colleagues who have been invited to [...]
Crime and Punishment
March 20th, 2007 · 1 Comment · Education, technology
Spent the day today working with a few Grade 9 teachers – the front line of our province’s move to migrate the 1:1 laptop program from Middle Schools into the high school level. The discussion was pretty free-flowing…and somehow came around to a conversation about the ease of which- usually undersupervised – students wander away [...]
11 Days and counting…
March 10th, 2007 · No Comments · Conferences, Education, General, technology
Time has crept up on me quite quickly. As I am sitting here multitasking (reading edublogs and watching the Leafs – Sens hockey game with my son) on a Saturday evening, I just realized that it’s only 11 days until our local learning landscape gets rocked. Our Dept of Education is hosting a two day [...]
