Many educators are using Twitter to build their PLN (professional learning network), discover new edtech (education technology), discover current trends and news as they happen and rally colleagues who are willing to take risks with technology in their classrooms. According to Wikipedia, “Twitter is an online social networking and microblogging service that enables users to [...]
Making the case for a change in grading
If you are an educator, how do you grade your students? What is the difference between an A and a C-? How would you describe an “A” student? Grading is a very controversial subject. Similar to methodology, teachers desire autonomy when deciding how to score their students. They want to be free to determine what [...]
EdCamp Toronto Believes in Success
Previous On September 29, EdCamp Toronto hosted a great event with more than 100 participants crooning conversations around education topics of popular interest. The whole day was participant-driven from voting on topics to note-taking. Thanks to Stephen Hurley for spawning EdCamp in Toronto and to those interested in pollinating the word around the neighborhood. I [...]
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Teaching 21st Century Skills Without Technology
“We lived in an electric world. We relied on it for everything. And then the power went out. Everything stopped working. We weren’t prepared.” The NBC show Revolution takes place in a post-apocalyptic dystopian future. In the show, an unknown event disables all technology dependent on electricity on the planet, ranging from iPhones and televisions to engines, [...]
A Reflection on 21st Century Fluencies/Skills – Inspired by #EdCampTO
This past Saturday, I attended my first EdcampTO. I have attended a multitude of conferences before and I have also been part of organizing teams for conferences….I guess you could call them ‘real conferences’, but this was my first…what do you call it??? UN-CONFERENCE. EDCAMP itself was an illusive term to me. The ‘unconference’ model [...]
