As my wife and I consider moving overseas, one thing has become a constant conversation around our house: “would you take that with you?” Moving overseas of course is different than moving down the road when it comes to your stuff and shipping. We understand that we will all be limited in what we...
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(This post is a response, a build on, and my thoughts in response to reading this excellent piece of writing by Dean Shareski – I hope you have read what he has to say on this topic.) In the five years I have been blogging in my classroom, I have seen a vast change...
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The other day, I picked up a tweet from Mark Oehlert. He was at a conference and a speaker mentioned moving from “subject matter experts” to “subject matter networks.” I was stuned for a moment thinking about the power that this idea has. This is, of course, in the simplest terms is exactly what...
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I received an email from wikispaces today that read as follows: “Hi, We received a DMCA notice from Martin Treasure Director of TravelSmart Ltd (contact details below) indicating that a file hosted on your wiki infringes on his copyright. The file in question is located on this page: http://creativecities.wikispaces.com/Florence+Italy+-+Sara According to his claim, the...
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Disclaimer – this post has absolutely nothing to do with education. Three weeks ago I thought I had trouble. I was struggling in my class with a challenging class of 29 grade seven and eight kids. My house was upside down due to renovations we were doing and it seemed as if nothing was...
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When I was a kid growing up in Snow Lake, there were about 2 100 people here. Over the years (the last 5 or 6 especially), changing technology in mining, the globalization of the industry and falling base metal prices have all contributed to falling fortunes for the town. In the past few years...
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I’m heading to Austin Texas in a few weeks to keynote Tech Forum Southwest. I was in Chicago for Tech Forum in April and truly enjoyed the format and the day that I was fortunate enough to spend there. Besides the fact that I’m expecting great conversations again and great bar-b-que in my quick...
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One of the perks of writing this blog that I rarely take advantage of is the free stuff that I get offered to me. It is rare the week that rolls by without an offer in my inbox for new software or a new product. But this one I couldn’t pass up. Random House...
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We’re thinking that it might be time to move on. My wife and I have been teaching in Snow Lake for thirteen years through all sorts of ups and downs; but we are thinking of leaving. We are looking to move our family somewhere new and this post is the beginning of our job...
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Helping a new classroom community to grow and take shape in a classroom is different each and every year. Much depends on the variables: the age of your students, their technology skills, your community context and need among others. There are many things to consider. Each community needs to be handled differently, but the...
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