Here is the last of my interviews with teachers telling the new story of teaching and learning. Previously we heard from a grade one teacher, a high school calculus teacher and today we hear from a middle years teacher. Clarence Fisher teaches grade 7/8 in northern Manitoba. He has been expermenting with many of the web 2.0 tools for over a year. This year he truly...

This is part 2 in my series of podcasts on telling the new story. The first of these was with Darren Kuropatwa who teaches high school math in Winnipeg, Manitoba. This podcast is with Kathy Cassidy who teaches grade one in Moose Jaw, SK. I’ve had the opportunity to work with Kathy on a number of projects and have observed how she has worked towards making...

Here’s a video for every mom. It’s a gift gone wrong. It’s one I created this for our church’s mother’s day service. Listen Now 

I’m beginning a series of 4 podcasts with 3 outstanding teachers. The theme of these podcasts is telling the new story based on the original concept as laid out by David Warlick. The first is Darren Kuropatwa from Winnipeg. Darren talks about his journey as a teacher and the experience he and his students have taken in understanding the power blogging and...

In October of 2005, I wrote a post about buying digital cameras for less than $100. (Notice I didn’t even link to it here). A good number of my readers find my blog by doing this type of search. It’s not exactly what I’d like to be known for and I know I’ve written much more thoughtful, insightful posts than that but nevertheless, it is a...