A single first step

I was a little hesitant to share my Hour of Code 2015 selection yesterday for a few reasons. It's a big list.  It's way too big for any individual classroom teacher to flip through and fully digest. It's intimidating.  There are a lot of teachers who want to make the leap to introduce coding to …

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OTR Links 11/30/2015

Are schools really wasting money on computers? | eSchool News | eSchool News Are schools really wasting money on computers? | eSchool News | eSchool News https://t.co/B6oI4kx0YW — Doug Peterson (@dougpete) November 29, 2015 tags: IFTTT Twitter via:packrati.us Minnesota Vikings on Twitter: "The #Vikings move to 8-3 after today's #VikingsVictory! https://t.co/2ZQ3hhjULD" RT @Vikings: The #Vikings …

My Hour of Code 2015 Collection

OK, so I've been poking around adding things to a Flipboard document to support the Hour of Code 2015, December 7-13.  It's nothing compared to the TDSB resource that I had written about earlier this week but I like to collect hoard things.  I hadn't told anyone about it; I just keep flipping things into …

OTR Links 11/29/2015

Doug Peterson on Twitter: "Richmond Street in #amherstburg before the parade. https://t.co/iwsqzEjQbX" Richmond Street in #amherstburg before the parade. https://t.co/iwsqzEjQbX Richmond Street in #amherstburg before the parade. pic.twitter.com/iwsqzEjQbX — Doug Peterson (@dougpete) November 28, 2015 tags: IFTTT Twitter via:packrati.us amherstburg EdCampToronto on Twitter: "And the taco bar is happening now #edcamptoronto https://t.co/C5KTdmyktQ" RT @EdCampToronto: And …

Two hashtags for today

There are two hashtags that you may wish to follow today.  In the province, there are two edCamp events happening today. If they were only closer... Instead, I'll just add a couple of extra columns to Hootsuite to follow along. edCampToronto Located at the Design Cofounders location on Spadina Street in Toronto, look for a …

This Week in Ontario Edublogs

The Canadian dollar is pretty weak compared to the US dollar on this date.  So, forget about cross-border shopping and read some great thoughts from Ontario Edubloggers.  (Besides, you should be shopping Canadian anyway...)Gratitude in Partnership Now here's a post from Tracy Sherriff that everyone can take to heart.  It's timely since this is the …

OTR Links 11/27/2015

Black Friday deals? Nope, this fake Amazon Android app only harvests your personal data | Graham Cluley r/t Fake Amazon Android app accesses your contacts, call logs, and more https://t.co/oni5d8LnWg (via @DMBisson) pic.twitter.com/5nbIHA6G40 — Graham Cluley (@gcluley) November 26, 2015 tags: IFTTT Twitter A Way of Seeing that Expands Leadership | Leadership Freak A Way …