As I head into Day 2 of the OTF “Teaching and Learning in the 21st Century” session, I thought that I would take a look back at what happened about nine months ago at the first time that Ontario educators…
Monthly Archives: October 2009
links for 2009-10-30
TeacherTube Videos – Celebrating Citizenship "Our grade nine class has made a video celebrating our school board's Character Education initiative." (tags: teachertube) W.E. Speak | W.E. Speak WE Speak is a personal project started in 2006 with the goal of…
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Like old friends
When @bruceetes asked if I would assist at the Ontario Teachers’ Federation event this weekend, I agreed immediately. The event is a follow up to last February’s “Expanding Our Boundaries” event. The focus is on social networking for education and…
links for 2009-10-29
Knowclue – Tech Forum 2009 "As educators, much of our focus is on teaching students to encode and decode written language. Shouldn't we be applying the same rigor to helping them analyze, interpret and critically navigate the imagery that dominates…
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You are what you learn
I’ve been doing some thinking about this lately. I’m in education and so I’m constantly learning. Probably even worse, I’m in educational technology and grass doesn’t grow under anyone’s feet in this area. So, I find that I am constantly…
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links for 2009-10-28
7 Bad Writing Habits You Learned in School | Copyblogger "Ask an English teacher, and they’ll tell you good writing is grammatically correct. They’ll tell you it makes a point and supports it with evidence. Maybe, if they’re really honest,…
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A Couple of Idiots
Fellow bloggers Paul C and Mark Carbone recently blogged about the new hands-free law in Ontario on Quoteflections and Mark’s Musings. Now, just for the record, these two guys aren’t the couple of idiots that I’m referring to! Their blogposts…
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links for 2009-10-27
First iPhone firewall soon to be in Cydia “A new iPhone development project has recently surfaced and begun to gain public interest as it is the first ever firewall for the iPhone and iPod touch. This firewall alerts users whenever…
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Perfection
I spent a very productive day yesterday with the District eLearning Contacts at the DeLC forum in Mississauga. We spent the entire day working, reflecting, and planning for the delivering of online courses, blended courses, credit recovery, and just access…
links for 2009-10-26
Around the Corner-MGuhlin.org: Cheating in Online Student Assessment: Beyond Plagiarism "Cheating in Online Student Assessment: Beyond Plagiarism" (tags: cheating plagiarism online) Hans Rosling shows the best stats you've ever seen | Video on TED.com "You've never seen data presented like…
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- Cube for Teachers - Online Teaching Resources for Ontario K-12 Educators
- An Essential Web Tool | doug --- off the record
- 8 Must Have Tools for Dropbox Users ~ Educational Technology and Mobile Learning
- Why It's Always Worth Asking for a Hotel Upgrade http://t.co/nhSD20KPMk via @zite
- An Essential Web Tool | doug --- off the record
- OTR Links 05/19/2013 | doug --- off the record
- 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
