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Category Archives: Reflection
Teacher Feature #40 – The year in review
For many schools in Canada, the school year ends this week. Both students and teachers are eagerly looking forward to holidays. However, before closing the books for good, I suggest an important exercise to engage both staff and students is … Continue reading
Posted in Food for Thought, Reflection, Teacher Feature
Tagged action, classroom, Creative Commons, feedback, Flickr, improvement, Peter Drucker, reflection, remix, student, teacher, year-end
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Teacher Feature #39 – Start Today
I admit it … I procrastinate. Even this month’s “Teacher Feature” is being posted, as evidenced by the above date, on the last day of the current month. As a teacher and Educational Technology Consultant I found that the classroom … Continue reading
Posted in Food for Thought, Reflection, Teacher Feature
Tagged Creative Commons, Flickr, improvement, Karen Lamb, learning, student engagement, visualization
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Educating With Technology: Changes for the Better
After 60 years in the classroom as a student, teacher, and K-12 Educational Technology Consultant, I have seen many changes. I maintain that the changes, particularly as they relate to the infusion of technology into K-12 classrooms, have improved the … Continue reading
Posted in Food for Thought, Info, Professional Development, Reflection
Tagged #mbedchat, BYOD, change, child, Computer Science, connection, educator, innovation, iPad, LwICT, Manitoba, mathematics, PLN, problem solving, sharing, teacher, technology
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Teacher Feature #33 – What was war?
Today’s “Teacher Feature” focuses on remembering. I have been reflecting on which moments in my life have left me with an indelible memory. For me, there are important images that come to life such as when I first met my … Continue reading
Posted in DS106, Food for Thought, Reflection, Teacher Feature
Tagged Creative Commons, cycling, DS106, Eva Merrian, Flickr, Holland, November 11, poppy, Remembrance Day, remix, two minutes, veteran, war, YouTube
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Teacher Feature #32 – Assessment Today
As an educator who taught junior and senior high students (Grades 7-12) Mathematics and Computer Science, I was proud of my assessment strategies. The percentage mark that appeared on each of my student’s report cards was extremely precise. In fact, … Continue reading
Posted in Food for Thought, Reflection, Teacher Feature
Tagged assessment, Cherra-Lynne Olthof, conversations, grades, Irmeli Halinen, Joe Bower, marks, parachute, percentages, spreadsheet
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Teacher Feature #30 – Focus on the Future
As the Canadian school year officially draws to a close today, I thought I’d take time to reflect on the future. Teacher Feature #30 – Yogi Berra – June, 2013 To help readers understand my “future perspective”, I thought I’d … Continue reading
Posted in Food for Thought, Reflection, Teacher Feature
Tagged Creative Commons, Darren Kuropatwa, Flickr, future, quotation, remix, Yogi Berra
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Teacher Feature #28 – Pay It Forward Day
I must admit that I look forward to reading the regular Saturday’s “Random Acts of Kindness” page in our local Winnipeg Free Press newspaper. With all the drama and sensationalism, that is often dispensed through our news media, it is … Continue reading
Posted in Activity, Info, Reflection, Teacher Feature, Tip
Tagged Aesop, Creative Commons, Flickr, license plate, Pay It Forward Day, quotation, reminder, remix
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Without an “O”, we can’t s_lve pr_blems!
The purpose of this post is to discuss problem solving, the “Oh” moment, and to request help from readers to identify additional examples of K-12 problem solving activities/projects that engage students. The Back Story “What prompted this focus on problem … Continue reading
Posted in Activity, Food for Thought, Project, Reflection, Tip
Tagged Draw Something, iPad, logo, problem solving, programming, robot
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DS106 – The weeks in review – Jan 1-27/2013
As Sunday midnight fast approaches (perhaps on the West Coast), I find myself documenting and, more importantly, reflecting on the various learning opportunities that I have been engaged in during the first few weeks of the DS106 Spring term for … Continue reading
Posted in Activity, DS106, Professional Development, Reflection
Tagged Alan Levine, animmated GIF, assignments, Ben Rimes, DS106, ETMOOC, The Daily Create
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