A Home-Grown Connection

Over the past few weeks of organizing and hosting K12Online LAN parties, reading about Seth Godin’s new book Tribes, and following the various blog posts from the Connectivism & Connecting Knowledge course offered by George Siemens and Stephen Downes, I have made a bit of a realization: As much as I love working with students…

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A Meeting of Minds

Thanks to our wonderful and supportive Principal & Vice Principal, this past Tuesday, Tara, Jeff and I had the opportunity to present to the ES Faculty about the work that our ISB21 Team has been doing over the past few years. We were thrilled to be given the chance to present to the full staff…

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K12Online LAN Party – Take 2!

After the success of our last K12Online LAN party, we have another one coming up this week! If you are in town, or even if you’re not, we would love to have you join us! Our teachers absolutely loved experiencing the power of global connections firsthand. As Diane said to me last week, as often…

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Sustaining Change: The Next Level of PD

I’ve been thinking a lot about professional development lately, especially about its critical role in shifting a school or shifting a community of teachers within a school, and then sustaining that change. I’m thinking about how to support the vastly different needs of my colleagues across the school, but also to build in opportunities for…

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The Tech Trap

I love technology. I love learning new things. Any time an initiative is introduced in the various schools I’ve worked in, I’m always one of the first to jump on board. However, having said that, I’ve been noticing a little something lately. We’re always introducing something. There’s always something new with technology, that’s one of…

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