Category Archives: How We Learn
Drive to Read Program in Amman, Jordan
I’ve started a working with the Drive To Read (DTR) program organized by AED in conjunction with USAid, Ministry of Culture and the Greater Amman Municipality. DTR uses a mobile book library as its base when it sets up in … Continue reading
WiiMote Whiteboard – A SmartBoard Alternative
While I was up at Nipissing University recently, I was pleased to find out that although the Pre-Service Teacher Program has an active SmartBoard program, they are also investing an inexpensive alternative, the WiiMote Whiteboard. I interviewed Ken Waller, the … Continue reading
On Lessons Learned and Learning Lessons – Another Instalment for the CUC2 Project
Recently, George Siemens reported on his trip to Accra, Ghana for a conference on E-learning in June, 2008 . His post “E-Learning Africa “ lists six lessons that he learned from the experience. At least three of the lessons George … Continue reading
Desire A Different Education Technology Conversation
I’m seeking a different conversation about technology in the classroom. I want to talk about pre-requisites. What needs to be in place prior to an onslaught of technology in a classroom to ensure effective technology integration? What teaching mindset does … Continue reading
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Tagged 21stCenturySkills, 21stCenturyTeaching, cuc2, unconnectedclassroom
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Technology Integrated Learning – the Elusive Tipping Point
Not counting chalk, blackboards, pens, etc. we’ve been sneaking learning technologies into the classroom for well over 25 years. Discouragingly, we have yet to reach the transformational point, where learning becomes a totally different beast, unrecognizable from the classrooms of … Continue reading
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Tagged 21stCenturyLearning, cuc2, unconnectedclassroom
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Capturing the Teaching/Learning Process
If it’s not about the technology and it’s not about the product… then can we agree it’s about the PROCESS? Yesterday, Dean Shareski at “Ideas and Thoughts from an Ed Tech” posted a piece entitled, “I Need More Videos” . … Continue reading
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Tagged Fisher, Shareski, student producers, teacher producers, teacher professional learning, Video
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Web-based Mindmap as an Online Discussion Summarizer
Mindmaps and Mindmapping tools have always intriqued me. In one of my Masters courses, our team decided to use the classes’ mindmap as a starting point for a video. This month, I’m involved in the SCOPE online conference – “Shaping … Continue reading
Posted in How We Learn, Learning Tools, Software/Hardware
Tagged "research agenda", mindmapping, mindmeister, SCOPE, sof2008
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K12 Online – Proof it’s a Connected World Out There
The K12 Online Conference is about to kick off it’s ‘official’ schedule after a week of pre-conference activities which started with David Warlick’s Pre-Conference Keynote and I guess you could say the pre-conference week is ending, aptly, with the Virtual … Continue reading
Podcasting vs. plain ‘Audio in the Classroom’
Recently, on a mailing list to which I subscribe, a technology instructor wondered if it was necessary to teach a group of ‘basic-skilled’ teachers the added technique of making an audio ‘subscribe-able’ (and therefore a podcast). Here was my response: … Continue reading
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‘Fake’ Personalized Whiteboards – back to the days of the slate
Another low-tech. thing I used a lot during my classes in China was personalized ‘whiteboards’. I discovered that rigid plastic sheets and whiteboard markers were relatively inexpensive so a class-set did not put me much out-of-pocket. I wanted a way … Continue reading
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