Welcome back to school in Ontario. Today's the big day for most. I decided to drag out this old "Post from the Past". It goes back to the start of the school year in 2012. I thought that it was good advice then and I am equally as convinced that it's just as good or … Continue reading Plan Now for a Year of Social Success
But, I'll confess that I've always wanted to. Jamie Weir retweeted some advice from Jean-Luc Picard... What great advice! I was curious about the account "PicardTips" so I used the lookup feature on Hootsuite. Wow, look at the Klout this man has! What about moi? Obviously, not even in the same galaxy, out scored 64-56. … Continue reading I Couldn’t Manage a Starship if I Wanted To
One of my favourite university courses was my first full course in statistics. I still remember the first day when our professor indicated that there were two ways that she could teach the course. One was through number crunching and the other was through story telling. She indicated that her approach would be story telling … Continue reading Beautiful Statistics and Storytelling
Hootsuite posted this to their blog and made it available on December 29. Managing Your Social Media Profiles While On Holiday I suppose that it could, or should, be posted/reposted during any holiday period as a way to remind folks that there is a great deal of power available in the tools that you use. … Continue reading Managing Social Media
It's Christmas Week but that didn't stop the blogging from Ontario Edubloggers. Here's some of what I caught this week. ====== What Would You Do? I think that David Fife's latest post points out the very worst of social media and a disturbing trend. We all got a giggle with the "United Breaks Guitars" bit … Continue reading This Week in Ontario Edublogs
How many times have you looked at a person's Twitter profile and read this? They may not, but once thrown on your wall, they can stick. Writing on the internet is like writing with permanent marker. It takes the events of this past week to remind us of this. It's a heck of a way … Continue reading My Tweets Do Not Reflect the Views of My Employer
During October and now December, I've had the privilege of co-chairing two conferences with two amazing folks - Cyndie Jacobs and Doug Sadler. Both events were instrumental in bringing together Ontario Educators for an event of learning, sharing, and reflection on practice. The most recent event was the Western Regional Computer Advisory Committee's Symposium 2013. … Continue reading Documenting the #RCAC13
