Third Annual 1001 Flat World Tales Project Begins in March!

One of my favorite projects of the year is beginning soon! The 1001 Flat World Tales project was initiated by Clay Burell in Korea over three years ago and has been going strong ever since. I first started working on this project at the middle school level, but this will be my second year working…

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Hello February?

Yikes. How can it possibly be February 2009 already? What happened to January? And for that matter, what happened to 2008? I know “time flies” and all, but this is ridiculous! The last five weeks have been pretty much a blur especially because I’ve been stuck with a case of never-ending bronchitis, that seems to…

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Getting to Know You, Part 2: The Importance of Teams

One of the most interesting aspects of my job is figuring out how to best support teachers – everyone is at a different comfort and experience level with technology, and most are uncomfortable admitting what they don’t know. Building individual relationships with new colleagues, as well as getting to know team, department and faculty dynamics…

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Blogging is Elementary!

When I arrived at ISB last year, one of the first major projects I started with two of our wonderful grade 5 teachers was student blogging (um, and did I mention that we started blogging at the same time as participating in Chris Craft’s Life ‘Round Here digital storytelling project?). I had come from a…

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