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Shift: hand in or publish
Today’s blog post is a simple question to ponder that came up in an insightful conversation with Ken Whytock. Rather than ‘handing in’ assignments today’s students should: on the web. Please weigh...
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Back to the Future Tablet Style
During a recent trip to the Netherlands, we had the opportunity to visit the Netherlands Open Air Museum & Park. It is an interesting stop. Additional information is available in this...
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Is This Enough?
Happy 2015. I hope this year is a great year for you personally and professionally. Over the last couple of weeks, I noticed this graphic popping up in a variety of tweets and retweets. I am not sure...
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uLead: Engagement Take 2
In the uLead 2015 Monday afternoon keynote, Andy Hargreaves spent some time exploring the idea of student engagement. He closed by asking us to do some deep thinking about the notion of engagement....
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Lessons from Disney
In my reading last week, I came across an article from the Disney Institute titled “Leadership Lessons From Walt Disney: Perfecting The Customer Experience“. As a connected learner and leader, I am...
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A Touch of Patch
David Truss writes on his blog “Pair-of-Dimes”: “It seems odd to speak of lone wolves to you, a person that is so intricately… connected. And yet, as you read on, you will relate to the loneliness...
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What Do You See?
After enjoying a wonderful conversation with Jamie Weir today, I thought I would post this image as a point of pondering since part of our discussion explored the power of images. What do you see?...
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CATC Camp – digging in deeper
Once again our annual summer computer camp, CATC By the Water, was a great learning experience. You can check out some of the learning and innovating thinking at: CATC Camp learning and sharing or...
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Do the Numbers Hinder Progress?
Over the fall I have enjoyed many conversations with educators across the province through my work at WRDSB and connections through OSAPAC, OSSEMOOC and ECCO. I note the themes in these...
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Handing Down Knowledge
I happened to catch a rebroadcast of the December 27th 2015 Cross Country Canada radio show and was intrigued by the topic – “Has the wisdom of older people become sidelined in the age of Google and...
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The power of one word
Through out this school year I have noted two phrases used in various ed-tech presentations and discussions: technology enriched learning and technology enabled learning. I believe there is a...
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Leadership Journey
In her blog post Not All Who Wander are Lost, a Lesson in Leadership, Tina Zita writes … “It’s hard to give yourself that permission to wander, the permission to not take the standard path set out....
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