It’s cold wet and rainy. It’s been raining for two days. The northern wind tells of the seasonal change. The city’s lights come on at 6 rather than 8. The apartment is cold, with our one little heater trying it’s hardest to pump out the heat. My wife is at the pub with her girlfriends having an after school drink. […]
How do you know when you are helping to create change in your school? When you get an e-mail from your administrator that says: its not just about tech….it’s about pedagogy, about student engagement, about philosophical beliefs about student learning and real life application That’s a pretty good indication! Technorati Tags: 21st Century Learning, pedagogy
It’s that time of year again for International Teachers. Contracts are do in one month sign it and you stay on for another year or don’t sign it and look for a new country, and new job. It is a time I think can only be explained by living it. In the international world you have to turn in, or […]
Spending my morning rounding up my favorites of the past year for the Edublog Awards. Here are this year’s categories: Best audio and/or visusal blog Best group blog Best individual blog Most influential post, resource or presentation Best library/librarian blog Best newcomer Best research paper on social software within learning and teaching Best teacher blog Best undergraduate blog Best wiki […]
I’ve just gotten back from a talk and book signing with Thomas Friedman. My Principal called me today and told me that Friedman was in town today giving a speech on his book and a book signing. Bless my wife, for as soon as I got the call she knew the rest of our day’s plans where out the window. […]
When we talk about content on the web never dieing, here is a perfect example. One of my student’s videos on Firefox that was made back in September has become pretty popular of late. In the last two weeks we’ve seen the views go from 200 to 1,095. So far the commenters have be positive about the video giving her […]
This page has been a couple months in the making. One of my students is really into digital art. So at the start of teentek she was chosen to come up with a logo for the site. She first sketched a couple designs on a piece of paper. Then the teentek crew voted on the best design. Our ‘designer’ then […]
The middle schoolers of teentek, and all our middle schoolers for that matter, are HUGE into this flash game. Monday I couldn’t keep the boys off of it. Every time I turned aroundsomeone had it open and was playing it. So I took a step back into thecorner of the room and just watched (Seriously…I went and stood inthe corner!) […]
I love it when I find a group of students who are just passing their time on computers. I love watching them and asking them questions about what they are doing. So here’s what I learned from the Millennials today. – Myspace.com has been blocked by the China filter. But you can use this site to get around it.(Can be […]
I own Clarence Fisher another one. While surfing my PLN this morning I came across Clarence’s Verifying Information Online posting where he links to a document he used with his students to help them learn how to verify information. It’s perfect timing for me as I’m starting a lesson on searching this week with my 6th grade students. One thing […]