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2 Guys from Saskatchewan Rethinking Teacher Education

I had the privilege of keynoting last week with Alec Couros as the TCEA Area 7 conference. Scott Floyd and crew did an amazing job of organizing this one day event complete with great wireless access, streaming video of most sessions, not to mention a wonderful BBQ and golf. We were treated like royalty.

I come [...]

Thanking my Dad

Another Father’s Day is coming to a close. I’ve yet to call my Dad but I will soon. But I did spend part of the day thinking about how great my Dad is and how I continue to want to please him and model much of his life. I created tributes to him in 2005 [...]

Edtech Posse 5.6 Chatting with Howard Rheingold

What a treat it is to be able to chat with someone who you read and admire. Howard Rheingold is a legend in terms of social networking. His book Smart Mobs is a classic and his historical perspective is really important as we try to understand our current world. This video from 1989 was of [...]

 
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Fun with Twitter: Lesson #31

Here’s just another really silly, useless but somewhat fascinating use of twitter. Not necessarily any educational value but pure fun.

 

Step one: Find someone at a sporting or other large event.

 

 

 

Step Two: Offer a challenge:

 

  

Step Three: Watch and wait:

 

 

Step Four: End with laughter, joy and acknowledgement of a well completed task.

 

 

 

 

 

Student Involved Assessment

Reposted from the Tech & Learning blog

The concept of student involved assessment is hard to deny as a powerful learning practice. Students taking care of their own learning and being able to use meta-cognition to dissect understanding and progress and seek ideas and support to learn more. The work of Rick Stiggins and others provides [...]