Last Wednesday, Clarence, Darren and Kathy and I were joined by Cheryl Oakes as we put a wrap on our series about telling the new story. In reality, it’s hard to wrap up so the stories will continue. My apologies to Jeff Utecht and others who waited patiently for the Skypecast to begin. Not completely understanding how Skypecast works, I went ahead and began...

This is a bit late but I’m going to be hosting a Skypecast with Darren, Clarence and Kathy at about 10:30EST on Wednesday, May 31st. The discussion will revolve around the new story of their classrooms.  Originally I had planned a closed discussion and would podcast it later. I’ll still record it but wanted to see if others were interested in listening...

The interview I did with Kathy was actually videotaped and included some thoughts from students and parents. I hope this is another way of telling the new story that illustrates the concept of the new classroom. 8:00 Listen Now 

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...

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...