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Virtual Collaboration: Finding Your Birds of a Feather

When I meet with educators for professional development around the topic of project-based learning I often ask experts to join us through Skype. Bud Hunt, Terry Smith, Julie Lindsay, Chris Lehmann, Linda Hartley, Jeff Utecht and others have graced my groups with their presence. Teachers are always impressed with their knowledge and passion, and note [...]

Google’s Android Phone Leads the Way: Augmented Reality

“The future has already arrived. It’s just not evenly distributed yet.”
-William Gibson
While for many the idea of using Skype in the classroom to enhance instruction still seems far off in some science fiction author’s vision of the future, others are already using it and what’s more, they realize that it’s only the tip of the [...]

Skype and Twitter going more mainstream

Technology “norms” can change fast. Not too long ago, if you mentioned “Skype” or “Twitter” to someone in casual conversation, it was not unusual to receive a quizzical response. Thanks in part to mainstream media influencers like CNN and Oprah, however, these technologies and terms are becoming more mainstream and finding their way into the [...]

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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