There’s lots about Leamington that makes it one of my favourite places. And yet, it makes my satellite radio and GPS go wonky. I love the town’s unique features. Down to the dock, on the beach, out to the tip…
Monthly Archives: April 2008
How to Blog
Blogging is easy. In fact, Blogspot calls it one click publishing and it really is that easy. To create your first blog and your first blog entry anyway. The challenge is how to keep it up. That’s the hard part.…
Posted in Just Rambling, Read/Write Web
Embarrassment to Improve School?
From this morning’s Toronto Sun comes this story. http://www.torontosun.com/News/TorontoAndGTA/2008/04/27/5401181-sun.html In an educational world where schools receive ranking, there will always be a first, and there will be the others. The unfortunate thing is that when statistics and ranking are involved,…
Posted in Education
Pictures from ECO Schools
As promised, here are some pictures from the ECO Schools presentation. Mr. RRRbit talks about greening and the project. (and the swamp) Watching the Video The group is focused on juice boxes in the garbage. Opening Page of the SMART…
Posted in Uncategorized
Top tools for Learning
Interesting list of the top tools for Spring 2008. How many of these do you use? http://www.c4lpt.co.uk/recommended/top100.html It’s scarey to go through the list. I find that I use many of them for my own personal use to help me…
Posted in Uncategorized
Why Canadians shouldn’t play poker
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080424/lf_nm_life/lying_face_dc;_ylt=AisZAacmnDnJSEWkMUkpo0UDW7oF Blogged with the Flock Browser Tags: Emotions
Posted in Just Rambling
Ridiculous Jargon
Not all the words that I want, but “PowerPointless” made the list. http://www.theofficelife.com/business-jargon-dictionary-A.html Blogged with the Flock Browser
Posted in Just Rambling
Teaching Logic
One of the frustrating things is watching someone go and perform an internet search with the simple tools. i.e. go to the front page of Yahoo! or Google or your favourite search engine where you have the most basic of…
Live Blogging from ECO Schools
ECO Schools will be held this year at the beautiful Caboto Club. We’re in the Windsor Room downstairs and the room is ready to go. For three hours of the student and teacher time, literally weeks have gone into the…
Posted in Education
ECO Schools
We’re about to embark upon an interesting adventure. With ECO Schools, this year’s focus is on greening. Not necessarily just going out and buying tulips but to analyze individual school ground for various patterns like sun/shade, wind tendencies, etc. and…
- Rockmelt
- iGenApps
- Schooled by Google: How Google Apps is penetrating education (infographic) | VentureBeat
- 10 Reasons Teachers should Try Blended Learning ~ Educational Technology and Mobile Learning
- Speak Up Against the Silencing of Voices (or Why It’s Better to Talk About Stuff) | the spicy learning blog
- Hacking the Future of Iowa's Schools | Angela Maiers, Speaker, Educator, Writer
- In the midst of Maker Faire: A "How to Make a Makerspace" Workshop http://t.co/7LroJrBv87 via @zite
- 5 of the Best Collections of EdTech Resources on the Web
- A Crowdsourced List Of The Best iOS Education Apps | Edudemic
- Zombie-Based Learning -- "Braaaaaaains!" http://t.co/HBifQfMum2 via @zite
