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The Importance of Intangible Talents
As the end of the school year fast approaches, teachers start to focus on final assessment. Too often, in the teaching profession, both educators and their students measure progress by “the almighty...
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I’m “standing on the shoulders of giants”.
Over the past two years, I have been inspired by the creative activities, sharing, and reflective feedback of members of an important learning community. Digital Storytelling (or DS106) is a free, open...
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Teacher Feature #31 – Ask Questions To Learn
Today’s “Teacher Feature” remix has a special connection for me. I have been lucky throughout my educational career, both as a student and as a teacher, to have usually felt confident enough to ask...
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Photos, Passion, and Pedagogy
This past summer I attended a funeral. When one reaches their retirement years, it seems only natural to attend more funerals of friends and loved-ones. However, as friends of his grandparents, my wife...
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Educating With Technology: Changes for the Better
After 60 years in the classroom as a student, teacher, and K-12 Educational Technology Consultant, I have seen many changes. I maintain that the changes, particularly as they relate to the infusion of...
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Connecting to Make A Difference
As the 2014 year begins, tradition suggests that one should consider making a “New Year’s Resolution”. True, I have made many over the years that have unfortunately fallen by the wayside as the year...
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Professional Development with Puentedura
The Manitoba Association of Educational Technology Leaders (MAETL) is bringing Ruben Puentedura to Winnipeg for a morning session on February 4th. Ruben’s work with the SAMR Model is highly regarded...
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PA “Interruptions” Inspire Innovation
Nadia Nevieri and her students of Lakewood School have provided amazing connections with each other and their community through an innovative educational endeavour. The creation of 1-2 minute “Lakewood...
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The amazing power of 140 characters
With the initial release of Twitter, I couldn’t see how this application could act as an effective way to communicate when each tweet was limited to only 140 characters. Those who have followed my...
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Back to the Future – The Wayback Machine
Introduction Recently, I had an opportunity to look through some old family pictures. It was so delightful and meaningful to look back through these photos to recall different aspects of my youth more...
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How will your students pay tribute to you?
With a new school year just beginning, I thought I should ask teachers this question. “At the end of this school year, how will your students pay tribute to their experiences in your classroom?” I...
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What the “L” is missing?
I must admit that I was quite proud of a YouTube video that I created to help out Alan Levine (aka “Cogdog”). Alan wanted to collect a series of amazing stories of online connections to use as a...
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