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The Changing Nature of Professional Development

This post is cross-posted here.
I love my new job for many reasons.

One of the cool things that I have seen in the few months of my new role is how social tools have the potential to cause an amazing change in the nature of how Professional Development is accessed and delivered. And the really [...]

How Rubrics Should Drive What We Teach

Over the last couple weeks I’ve been working with one of the Phys Ed teachers at our school, and the two of us have been working on strategies to integrate inquiry-based practices and technology (two of the core goals of our school) into her Phys Ed program.
We’ve been tweaking a great football unit she designed [...]

How do your students assess website credibility?

Since I teach in a 1:1 classroom, and my students are continually accessing a variety of information sources, having them think about the credibility of the websites they use is a very important skill for me to develop in my classroom. In fact, I think is an absolute must for teachers who are working [...]

Remixing versus Plagiarism: Which side are you on?

Thanks to Open Thinking for posting this amazing Youtube mash up by ThruYou. Please take a couple minutes to enjoy before we move on.
 
This video just re-confirms what I love about the remix culture and the potential power of it as a teaching and learning approach. Over the last couple years, my teaching in [...]

The Many Roles of Skype in the Classroom

GUEST POST BY NEIL STEPHENSON.
Neil Stephenson is a grade 6/7 teacher in Calgary, Alberta and has been his district’s 1:1 PD coordinator for the last three years.  Neil speaks regularly about technology and inquiry based learning, and was chosen in 2007 as a Apple Distinguished Educator.  You can follow Neil’s blog at Thinking In Mind.
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