I had a really spectacular opportunity today. When I read about EdCampWR, I knew that I’d like to come and join some friends from around the province. So, I let my friend @Gill_Ville know that I was interested. Her response…
Monthly Archives: March 2012
OTR Links 03/31/2012
Cheapest home PCs for kids – and schools hold key BBC research shows the cost of a PC can be a significant barrier to getting people online at home. With this in mind, we worked closely with our partners, such…
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ECOO2012 – Call for Proposals
The year is 2012 and we are well into the 21st century. How many times have you heard that you are a 21st Century teacher? Are you preparing your learners for the 21st century? It’s time to move beyond the…
OTR Links 03/30/2012
What Happens in an Internet Minute? Do you know what happens in one minute on the Internet? In just one minute, more than 204 million emails are sent. Amazon rings up about $83,000 in sales. Around 20 million photos are…
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Videos Worth Sharing
If you’re fortunate enough to have access to YouTube in your school, you know that you’ve got access to many, many videos that can certainly engage, excite, and motivate the students in your class. The biggest challenge is finding videos…
OTR Links 03/29/2012
edulicious – edulicious – Tablets or Laptops? Ask the Right Questions. TABLETS OR LAPTOPS? ASK THE RIGHT QUESTIONS. tags: tablets laptops ipad 1:1 iPads Tech Talk for Teachers: PowerPoints with Personality Whether you love ‘em, hate ‘em, or fall somewhere in between,…
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Alltop Goes Mobile
Part of my morning reading routine takes me to my Alltop page. It’s been a great source of resources, serendipity, and my primary RSS feed. I started using Alltop like most people, I suspect, just wandering around and pulling in…
OTR Links 03/28/2012
Storyboarding Interactive storyboarding machine to help you create movies, stories, etc. tags: storyboarding digitalstorytelling storyboard writing interactive storytelling tools IWB Using Reading Prompts to Encourage Critical Thinking | Faculty Focus Using Reading Prompts to Encourage Critical Thinking tags: reading critical…
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$100K
In 1996, the Public Sector Salary Disclosure Act was enacted and let the Government of Ontario share the names of employees in the public sector who had a salary of $100,000 or more. This was enacted presumably as a way…
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OTR Links 03/27/2012
My TED talk: 7 ways games reward the brain | Tom Chatfield I’ve had the huge pleasure of giving a talk at TED Global in Oxford, about the lessons games can teach us about engagement and about learning itself. The…
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- OTR Links 06/19/2013 | doug --- off the record
- And —- we’re off! | doug --- off the record
- Maine school districts have eyes for Apple | The Morning Sentinel, Waterville, ME
- Real World Math Problems - Tap Into Teen Minds
- How to prevent code rot | TechRepublic
- Classroom Management with EFL Students (by Natalie Britton) – Teaching Village
- A Simplified Bloom's Taxonomy Poster For Students
- 10 Little-Known Twitter Tools For Connected Educators http://t.co/5rWPP7LibQ via @zite
- Digg’s Google Reader Replacement To Launch Next Week, Available To All By June 26 http://t.co/y2F5HSXvWJ via @zite
- Feedly Gets Its Own Syncing Service, Detaches You From Google Reader http://t.co/0PpBtD14El via @zite
