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One Simple Change
I hear a lot about our broken education system. I’ve read many blogs describing the large-scale, invasive systematic changes that need to take place in order to “fix” education. These broad and...
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Embed It in Google Sites
Let’s face it. I’m a Google fanboy. I’m for the total Googlification of my life. I use docs, maps, hangouts, gmail, Chromebooks, Android, and all sorts of other things Google, even Google+. I’ve also...
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Just Share It!
Have you been looking for an easy way for students to share their video projects with you? If you’re a Google Apps school, then the answer is right there in front of you. As an added bonus, videos...
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How to Upload Video to Your iDevice
Yesterday I had one of those “Ah-Ha” moments. It came when I saw this tweet from Gregory Kulowiec. This got my head spinning with possibilities. I know how take video or photos from an iPad Camera...
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Old Dog Still Good for a Few Tricks
In 2006 Microsoft released the latest version of PhotoStory3 (version 3.1). If you’re looking for a simple tool for creating digital stories with images and voice, and you’re a Windows user, this still...
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Just think of the noise! The NOISE, NOISE, NOISE, NOISE! The noise from the girls. The noise from the boys. All wired from a summer of fun and sweet treats. With new shirts on their backs and new shoes...
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Be Active, Not Passive
Last month I overheard a conversation between two teachers looking through the DVD’s in the school library. Allow me to paraphrase the conversation. “What do you think of this one?” “Hmm. I think...
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Make a Google Slide Resource Page
For my primary students, rather than let them search the Internet themselves, I like to provide resource links for them when they research online. Tomorrow, grade 1 will be coming to the computer lab...
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Sharing Digital Kits
As many of you know, Digital Storytelling (or rather, Storytelling with Digital Tools) is one of my passions and is a great way for students to reflect on their learning. Getting the photos you want...
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A New Normal
Call it what you will. A desperate need for change. A longing for new adventure. A mid-life crisis. I’m calling it an opportunity that only God could provide. I know for a fact that this time last...
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Image Capture: Best Little App That Nobody Knows About
There is beauty in simplicity. I appreciate those little tools that do one thing, do it well, and don’t try to be anything else. Did you know that hidden in your Apps folder on your Mac is a little...
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For the Dearly Departed
One of the realities of working at an international school is the yearly transition of teachers moving on to new schools at the end of the year. Already there are boxes of stuff filling rooms and...
View ArticleThe Power of Presence
Networking. Connecting. Communicating. Collaborating. Learning. Close your eyes and create a image in your head for each of these words. Go ahead. I’ll wait. If you have anything to do with...
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So Let It Be Spoken, So Let It Be Typed
When I first started working with technology in schools, speech recognition software was quite expensive and not very good. Now it’s built in to phones, tablets, and computers and available for anyone...
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Ozobot Trick or Treat
For those of you working with coding, making, or just having fun with robotics here is a fun lesson you can use with your primary grade students and Ozobots. Recently OzobotEDU sent out a Halloween...
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Cardboard VR in the Classroom
Last Friday we rolled out our new set of Google “Cardboard” VR viewers. The first experience was with grade 8. I led them through the Google Expedition depicting the life of two Syrian refugee...
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