doug — off the record

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January 2014

  • This Week in Ontario Edublogs

    Another week has passed.  I think this week has been a little slower than others because it’s just been so darn cold.  All this in-house time has given lots of time for blog reading though.  Here’s some of what I read from great Ontario Edubloggers. Selfies -response to the unlooker.com video Jamie Weir is looking… Continue reading

  • OTR Links 01/31/2014

    15 Great Google Web Fonts Demonstrated By The Best Steve Jobs Quotes RT @Shareaholic: 15 Awesome Web Fonts from #google – http://t.co/HYUIzceNVX via the @Shareaholic blog tags: google via:packrati.us RT @HistoryInPix: 10 great pics from the behind the scenes of Harry Potter you won’t have seen! Full list: http://t.co/yUQnriwJw9 RT @HistoryInPix: 10 great pics from… Continue reading

  • A Chrome Extension Built for Learning

    One of the things that I struggle with is trying to learn via video or blog post as often they’ll contain a link that just sounds so interesting.  So, I’ll follow the link and then try to find the breadcrumbs to get back to the original learning. I’ve finally developed a technique of opening the… Continue reading

  • OTR Links 01/30/2014

    I’m at Cora’s (Windsor, ON) http://t.co/koBHnQF0u8 I’m at Cora’s (Windsor, ON) http://t.co/koBHnQF0u8 tags: via:packrati.us Around the Corner-MGuhlin.org: Google Announces Education Learning Center Google Announces Education Learning Center http://t.co/UhyqTK6rtt tags: via:packrati.us Private school’s Chromebook program explains why Google’s laptops have captured nearly 20% of the education http://t.co/axTXLZYBgY Private school’s Chromebook program explains why Google’s laptops have… Continue reading

  • Provincial and Territorial Stereotypes

    This morning, I was attracted by the title to this post “Each State’s Biggest Stereotype, According to Google“.  I can just see my teacher-librarian friends shuddering when the methodology for the post was explained.  They used Google’s auto-complete and chose the first option.  They asked “Why is [State] so…”.  It’s not very scientific but it… Continue reading