Category Archives: Online in Elementary/Secondary Schools

Virtual Read Alouds – #WRAD & “Read With Me”

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Virtual Literacy Initiative – Connections Wanted

Now I want to take the idea forward, in a more formal way. I’m curious about the logistics necessary to provide an online intervention solution in a typical classroom as well as breadth of possibilities for assisting students. Continue reading

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Virtual Literacy Intervention

Knowing that school reform should be based on strong research, I am interested in pursuing this idea further. Contact me if you would like to participate in a study of a virtual literacy support programme in your school or you have information from your own experiences in the fray. Continue reading

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Web Guest to Nipissing’s Infusion Conference

On January 31st, 2009, I had the great opportunity of presenting at Nipissing University’s Pre-Service Teachers’ Infusion Conference.  That’s really not newsworthy…except, I was in Sri Lanka and the conference was happening in North Bay, Ontario!  Then, to make it … Continue reading

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K-12 Online Conference 2008 – Call for Proposals

It’s that time of year again, the K-12 Online Conference is starting to ramp up. Last year I was involved on the Help Desk and I enjoyed it so much I am hoping to help again this year. I’m also … Continue reading

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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

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WebHuddle + Skype = Online Hands-On Workshop

On Saturday February 3rd, I presented a workshop for In.tech.gration 2007: Teach & Technology in the 21st Century, offered out of Nipissing University. On the website In.tech.gration 2007 is described as: “a technology in education conference for students enrolled in … Continue reading

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Google Grabbed Writely!

I just finished doing a presentation on how to use Writely for collaborative school work and the next thing I know Arvind over at 21 Apples is telling me that Writely has been purchased by Google…not a bad find, all … Continue reading

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High School Teachers go to Blogging School

Last week I did a short two hour session on “An Educator’s Guide To Blogging” – you can download the hand-out or visit the resource slideshow . The 16 participants were a mix of teachers from english, science and history … Continue reading

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