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Diigo you have given me a headache

There’s been a recent uprise in Diigo. I have been aware of it for some time but haven’t seen any reason to use it. So a number of folks in my network have been raving about it and since they act as my filters, I thought I’d give it a go.

As I signed up, I [...]

March 27th, 2008 | Category: Personal, rants | 25 comments

Cellphones have no place in these classrooms

Jack Macleod is frustrated with a recent response to a typical cellphone faux pas:
…one of the schools in Nova Scotia had two serious fights with racial overtones on Tuesday. 26 students were suspended and the police are involved. Yesterday, the Principal held a press conference and let the media know that cell phones [...]

March 27th, 2008 | Category: Classrooms, rants | 10 comments

Unlearning

One of my favorite posts of all time is Will’s Unlearning Curve. In fact, I included it in our school division’s digital learning vision page.

The past 2 weeks has been filled with unlearning as I move to the Macintosh platform. The unlearning will get even steeper since today my father-in-law’s iMac arrived (not sure [...]

March 27th, 2008 | Category: Classrooms | 10 comments