The second week of Tech20Tuesday is in the books. Yesterday afternoon we looked at Slideshare, an on-line tool for sharing presentations and other documents. Think of it as a “YouTube for PowerPoints“. Reaching Out to the Edges Tech20Tuesday is our district’s latest initiative to support teachers in embedding technology within their learning environments. With almost [...]
Entries from January 20, 2010
Global projects: The three-headed solution
January 2, 2010 · No Comments · General
Sometime in the last couple of days I was listening to a CBC Radio interview with a gentleman who was talking about blood-cell sized implants that will be used manage personal health issues. He says that these are about 30 years away, when all of my students will be younger than I am now. His [...]
Wishing for warmth
January 2, 2010 · No Comments · General
Let’s get one thing up front – the older I get, the more I question whether or not spending the rest of my days in the cold snow belt of Eastern Canada is what I want to do. My body starts to seize in October, and usually doesn’t thaw until late April. For those six [...]
