Kathy Cassidy is on a whirlwind tour. It began with a trip to Saskatoon this fall as the winner of the provincial award for computers in education. Then she was off to Philadelphia as one of 5 teachers honored as a Microsoft Innovative Teacher Award. Next she’s off to Cambodia. This is a short interview on her trip to Philadelphia. Unfortunately, there is...

Now we have a wiki. Google has acquired Jotspot. I’ve been enjoying Docs and Spreadsheets, not to mention my Calendar, now my wiki’s all in one place….whatever happend to small pieces loosely joined? They’re tightening up! Read the full...

I’ve had the opportunity to share the “news” about social software/web 2.0/Read Write Web (choose your favourite term)  to some groups other than classroom teachers. In the past month I’ve done two workshops for our provincial teachers’ association. One to the local teacher association groups and the other to the special subject...

Dave Weinberger writes about the credibility of wikipedia even more passionately than I do. He points out that wikipedia’s openness about their accuracy makes them more trustworthy. He talks about the various notices that begin many articles. Weinberger asks: So,why is it that you don’t see such frank notices in traditional sources such as newspapers and...

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...

We all know how critical it is for us to demonstrate to students the importance of truth and accuracy in blogging and in more importantly in life. It’s been both humbling and powerful to watch Will deal with the issue of not using primary sources as well as not citing sources. Will was very forthright in his errors and even thanked those who called him...