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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After reading my post on the role of the facilitator, Mark asked me to share our official technology integration mandate here. It’s also posted on our wiki, but in the interest of convenience, here it is again: By the end of grade 8, all middle school students are expected to achieve mastery on the Information…
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Lately I’ve been thinking, posting and reading a lot about global collaborations. All of my students are currently involved in international projects and I’m starting to make more and more connections with possible future collaborators thanks to The Global Education Collaborative, Classroom 2.0 and NextGen Teachers on Ning. I’m so excited about being able to…
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[Submission post for the Taking IT Global contest] What happens when you connect 4 schools across the globe to discover the world as our students see it? The best part about unleashing the chaos – learning, collaborating, investigating, sharing, discovering. The International Teen Life project I wrote about a few weeks ago has developed into…
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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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