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”
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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”
Too Much
For several years I outlawed PowerPoint in my classroom. I just got tired of students reading four hundred bullet points to me for three or four periods a day. For many of them, this just meant they used an alternate program that they could do the same thing with. Some of them even realized thatContinue reading “Too Much”
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”
Positive Vibration
Looking at the Responsible Use Agreement (RUA) from a couple of schools was interesting. Its something I had gone over with my students two years in a row, but I honestly had not thought much about it. It always fell into part of the “we have to do this to start the year” pile of documentsContinue reading “Positive Vibration”
Running down a dream
When students are given the freedom, they flourish and most of the time, challenge themselves. I truly believe that much of student performance is based on our expectations and the tone that is set for our classrooms and schools. If we are encouraging, open and allow students to explore anything is possible. I’ve had soContinue reading “Running down a dream”
A little more conversation
Digital citizenship. Its a term buzzing around education right now as technology becomes more and more integrated in our schools. Often, the conversation focuses on how students use social media, encouraging them to post or text only safe, appropriate pictures, protecting passwords and not getting lost in their phones. I agree that all of thatContinue reading “A little more conversation”
Its Tricky
Its always interesting how things seem to fall into place. My students just recently collected five days worth of evidence of their digital presence as part of a history project. I had not intentionally thought of the opportunity it would present to discuss their digital footprint, I was thinking more primary sources, yet there it was.Continue reading “Its Tricky”
The Final Countdown
I’m excited about the possibilities of this project. It is one that my colleague and I have been discussing, planning and re-working since the beginning of the year. Working in an international school is a fantastic opportunity for many reasons. For me, the most important of these is the place in which we work. Schools areContinue reading “The Final Countdown”
Conscious Evolution
I was quite startled to find similarities in an article about Apple’s attempts to infiltrate the academic world of Duke University and the democratically based educational programs of rural Colombia. But there they are staring me in the face. These two articles, one assigned reading for COETAlL and one that serendipitously wound up in myContinue reading “Conscious Evolution”
Ryan Harwood 