I certainly hope that “education as we know it” will have changed in the next decade. Although it has certainly struggled to do so over the past 100 years. There is no doubt that technology has played and will continue to play a part in the development of education. It would be difficult for itContinue reading “All Along the Watchtower”
Category Archives: Education
Question the Answers
Readings for this week were interesting and I’ll offer some brief thoughts before I get to my learning protein. I’m not a fan of the flipped classroom approach. I think work at home of any sort is a challenge as there are innumerable variables that students face. I prefer to keep as much work in class asContinue reading “Question the Answers”
Chalk Dust Torture
I think of my humanities class as basically a project based course. I rarely give paper and pencil tests. Partly because I hated taking them when I was a student, partly because I hate grading them as a teacher and partly because I just believe there are better ways to demonstrate understanding. Even the GoogleContinue reading “Chalk Dust Torture”
Show me a sign
Infographics. Why don’t I remember to use them more in my classes? When I’ve used them in the past, students have absolutely loved them. I’ve even taken a shot or two at having students create their own. From that experience I learned that it takes a good bit of explaining and patience. I might getContinue reading “Show me a sign”
The Rise of EdCampAcc Part 2
I believe the Edcamp should be organised frequently as the world is always changing by the minute and thus we need to constantly exchange ideas. – EdCampACC participant The morning of EdCampAcc I still really had no idea what to expect. Remember, I had never been to an EdCamp before and neither had anyone whoContinue reading “The Rise of EdCampAcc Part 2”
The Rise of EdCampAcc
Fair warning. This post has nothing to do with COETAIL, except that I have tried to apply some of what I’ve learned from the courses. But I’ve got this blog and figure I should use it. Oh, and it got kind of long, so I broke it into two parts. This is part one. I don’tContinue reading “The Rise of EdCampAcc”
Kodachrome
When I look back at all the crap I learned in high school, its a wonder I can think at all – Paul Simon, Kodachrome Images. I love images. I like to pretend like I’m an amateur photographer. I even did a weekly photo challenge thing for awhile. Then life caught up with meContinue reading “Kodachrome”
Back in the Saddle
The Return It feels like its been quite some time since the last entry to this blog for class. I feel a little out of practice. Of course I had all kind of intentions of continuing to blog through the summer as I enjoyed some quality professional development and quality vacation. But as they sayContinue reading “Back in the Saddle”
Just the beginning
“beginnings are usually scary, and endings are usually sad, but its everything in between that makes it all worth living.” ― Bob Marley In November I started #AfricaEd with inspiration and help from some newly found friends on Twitter. I had no idea what would happen. I had a lot of questions. Would anyone joinContinue reading “Just the beginning”
Taking on the #GlobalEd #TwitteratiChallenge
Its been a whirlwind of a year for me. I took on a new “part-time” role as a Tech coach during one free prep period, in November started and ran #AfricaEd chat twice a week, started COETAIL, managed to get invited to present at Learning 2 Africa and began planning an EdCamp for next September here inContinue reading “Taking on the #GlobalEd #TwitteratiChallenge”
Ryan Harwood 