Last weekend I was honored to present a session at the Bridging the Gap conference at Yokohama International School in Japan. YIS has hosted this community conference annually since 2001, and the topic for this year was “The Future of Education: Using Its Tools Today.” The three day conference included formal sessions led by teachers…
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I’ve had a lot of success this year utilizing the Understanding by Design model for my technology integration planning, but I have one more secret weapon: the MYP Technology Design Cycle. Before I moved to Malaysia I spent five years teaching at Munich International School in Germany, which is a full IB school – from…
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My eighth grade students just spent two class lessons working as a Sounding Board for the The Horizon Project – another fantastic collaboration with Julie Lindsay, Vicki Davis, Vienna International School, Presbyterian Ladies College and Shanghai American School (check out our finished work on our class wiki). This particular group of students has been through…
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My classroom in changing… Every day when my students come to class they have a to-do list on the white board. The list used to say things like: Continue your iMovie project Import all images and video clips Add titles to group your images/video Add effects Now, my list says something like this: Continue your…
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We had our second video conference with our partner class in New Zealand last Thursday – and this time I remembered to take pictures! There were a few things we learned last time around that helped make this conference a little smoother: Set up a “hot seat” right in front of the video camera so…
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