I got 2 really cool things from Tom Woodward, the bionic teacher. One that everyone should utilize and the other that falls in my “this is interesting but I’m not sure yet how I’d use it” category. The first is his remix of the Karl Fischs’ presentation called “Did You Know”. Tom was kind enough to send me a larger...

Will was worried his thoughts were murky.  His less than positive experience recently led him to some pretty clear ideas. I concur with them and can also relate to some remarks I’ve heard teachers make regarding professional development like, “just let us teach”. In other words, professional development is getting in they way of teaching. Will...

Planning has always been up to classroom teachers. Teachers decide what students are going to learn and how they are going to do it. I’d like to try something new and different. I’d like your ideas. Do have suggestions for assignments and projects? Do you have a resource that you think we should be using in class? Is there someone we absolutely need to...

I subscribe to a Technorati feed for Moose Jaw. I’ve learned many interesting things about my city. Most of the postings are of travellers passing through my town. Today I across this blog. It appears a single mom from Cincinatti is adopting a child from China. She decided to make a quilt called “100 Good Wishes”. She’s invited others to...

On Monday, July 24th I’ll be giving a workshop entitled, “The Joys of Social Software”. I’ll be working with a small group of teachers introducing them to many of the great tools and applications to design a Read/Write classroom. Having done a number of these types of workshops, I realize I’m simply creating an...

Many of you may have heard of the fellow from Montreal who has been trying to trade a red paperclip for a house. This week he will accomplish his goal. Will Richardson mentioned this at one of his sessions at NECC. I’m assuming he used it to illustrate the power of the internet to express and explore ideas and make connections. This experiment reminds me of...