I’ve been in a discussion over at Infinite Thinking Machine with various people including Arthus who is “… a 14-year-old student in Vermont who has recently become actively involved in the online dialog about educational technology.” Part of the discussion I’ve been having with Arthus and Steve Hargadon, of Ning Classroom2.0 fame, revolves around the…
Today is a day which we should be showing our appreciation for those people who work so hard finding resources and helping our students to meet the demands of the various assignments teachers assign. I’d especially like to thank those blogging librarians who give me all kinds of great insights and links to various informative…
This past week I’ve had time to get back into reading some and commenting some. I really wish I could do more but I have decided that being connected in a variety of ways in my f2f world is more important that my being connected on the web. I had always imagined that, as I…
As I working on various things today, I was struck by the amount of work that seems to come along each day which involves some sort of technology. Today was a bit different from most days as we had new students registering at our school (which we are very, very happy about!) With new students…
Creeaakkk! Slowly the aged door stumbled open, catching on bits of debris that had blown up against it by wind that had eluded the wall-planks. Entering the room, the dark shape began a slow dance, eventually shedding the large hump that had adorned its body. Skitch – light burst to life on the end of…
When you watch children play on a playground for a while, you soon can tell those who are at the center of the play groups and those who are on the outside. Those on the outside would really like to play and take part but they know that no matter how much they try to…
Well, I’ve been tagged by Janet Cleary. Thanks Janet. First, the rules: First, the Rules: 1) Post these rules before you give your facts 2) List 8 random facts about yourself 3) At the end of your post, choose (tag) 8 people and list their names, linking to them 4) Leave a comment on their…
Gaming is one of the things I like to do although, as my children have grown and my career as an educator has taken new dimension, I don’t get to do enough. I’m secretly waiting for my boys to get old enough for an x-box or Wii and then look out! I have always considered…
Dean Shareski has an interesting post about summer holidays. As Dean comments For me though, I don’t get as excited as I once did about June and it’s not just that I haven’t spend 185 days with kids, although that does make a difference, but as I said before, I still longed for summer vacation…
It’s been a very busy week already. Not only are we in the middle of exam week but I am interviewing for the position of library assistant for our school. Now, we don’t call it our library – it was renamed Learning Resource Centre since we also have our computer lab, mini-lab and all our…