The story begins. An alien king has landed on earth and is threatening annihilation. He challenges the human race to convince him why he should save their earth. “Tell me your stories!!” The students have a challenge…to save their corner of the world from destruction by convincing the king why their community is special and [...]
Kim Cofino: Culture Shock and the Future of Education
August 26, 2011 · 1 Comment · General
As a conference regular I get to take in lots of keynotes. I’ve heard some good ones, a few great ones and, thankfully, only a couple of very poor ones. As part of our recent LEARNEast 2.0.11 conference earlier this week I invited international educator Kim Cofino, who is the Technology and Learning Coach at [...]
Rolling Sevens: Lucky Me!
August 26, 2011 · No Comments · General
I am such a lucky guy. Next week teachers in my district go back to school in preparation for our students return the first week in September. As part of that return, many teachers are looking to jump start their school year with some late summer professional learning. I have been fortunate to participate and [...]
Filled the tank in Memphis
July 13, 2011 · 1 Comment · General
I am in the air over West Virginia winging my way home from my sixth trip to Memphis and Lausanne Collegiate School’s Laptop Institute conference. It’s an amazing event and holds a lot of sentimental value for me as well. It was at my first LI in 2006 that my ideas about teaching and learning [...]
Building a Web Brand
May 30, 2011 · No Comments · General
As we move into the heart of the digital age, more and more of our lives are accessible to the world. It used to be that we followed the old adage “do no harm” when it came to sharing our thoughts on the web. We spent a lot of time telling kids – and each [...]
Summer to Relax? Never!
May 25, 2011 · No Comments · General
After an especially hectic summer in 2010, I had expected that this year could be a relatively quiet year. (Un?)fortunately, that is not shaping up to be the case. As those of you who follow my sporadic blog posts know, I am currently on sabbatical working on my MEd thesis, a process that marches along. [...]
Tweet, Tweet – You’re Under Arrest!
May 3, 2011 · No Comments · General
Yesterday was Election Day here in Canada. Despite a dramatic finish, featuring an unprecedented push by the New Democratic Party (social democrats) to finish a strong second, the Conservative Party won a majority of the seats in our House of Commons and will form our government for the next four years. As I was watching [...]
Down to the Wire
December 15, 2010 · 1 Comment · General
I am down to seven days and counting! As students and teachers head off to the Christmas break on the 23rd, I’ll be heading off to enjoy the holidays with my family as well. However, when everyone heads back to school on January 10th here in New Brunswick, I won’t be returning. Over the past [...]
Connecting to Learn
September 22, 2010 · 2 Comments · General
I love learning. Part of that learning takes place at conferences. For me they have real benefit; the conversations recharge my batteries and the networking pays huge dividends as I add to my Personal Learning Network (PLN) and provide connections for collaboration and student projects. I am excited to be heading across the border again [...]
WatchKnow; A New Filter for Educational Video
September 9, 2010 · 1 Comment · General
Part of the challenge for teachers in using educational videos in their classrooms is finding just the right ones. After all, with the huge amounts of video being produced from a variety of sources , just finding quality stuff can be like looking for the proverbial needle-in-a-haystack. This summer I was introduced to WatchKnow, a [...]
