Curriculum Mapping – Web 2.0 Style

Back at Munich International School we used Atlas Rubicon curriculum mapping software. It was a very expensive package, and quite time consuming in terms of getting everything online (we spent about 2 years getting everything up and organized). But, it was great for me, as an IT facilitator, to be able to see, on a…

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The Flat Classroom & Third Culture Kids

After a whirlwind of travel through Vietnam, up to Bangkok and back to KL just in time for an excellent weekend workshop on leadership in international schools, I’m finally back in action! This semester I’ve decided to try to focus on having our students collaborate with as many other students as we can manage (I’m…

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It's contagious!

First the sixth graders started blogging for Ms. N’s social studies class, then they learned how to use wikis for Ms. G’s science class, then the eighth grade English teacher (Mr. R) saw the potential of blogging and got the eighth graders started, then the enthusiasm of Mr. R caught on in seventh grade, so…

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Blog Fever!

I thought I would share a recent e-mail from our grade 8 English teacher, Mr. R, who just started blogging. Mr. R sent this e-mail to all middle/high school staff just a few days after he started blogging with his students: Well MS/HS teachers it was only a matter of time that the enthusiasm and…

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Tech in the Middle – Reorganized

I just spent an hour or so reorganizing the Tech in the Middle wiki to make it more of the kind of resource I know I need (and therefore, I hope, others may need as well). The site is now set up in 2 main categories: Projects and Links. Of course I still have my…

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