Big movements start with small steps…………….. A simple conversation with Scott last week started like most conversations at ISB, passing each other in the hall. “Hey Justin! I’m looking to get a little deeper with peace day this year, got any ideas?” Scott is always looking for meaningful ways to get his students engaged in [...]

Following hot on the heels of the Learning 2.0 conference there is a buzz around ISB. Teachers are asking new questions, taking new risks and experimenting with possibilities. For a technology and learning coordinator this is an important time. A moment to seize. Right now it is important to provide support, celebrate ideas and broadcast [...]

A New Literacy Landscape – Multiple Literacies vs. the Narrow Agenda and Wal-Mart Curriculum By Jamie Mackenzie In a decade characterized by narrow definitions of curriculum and literacy, Jamie builds a case for a dozen different literacies, suggesting that the health of a democracy depends upon the development of a citizenry that can do more [...]

Live from Shanghai – Learning 2.o conference Here are my synthesized notes from the first conference session I attended. Papert Matters – Children, Computers and Powerful Ideas By Gary Stager This session presents just a few of Professor Papert’s most powerful ideas about children, computers and learning through his own words and rarely seen video. [...]

Arrived in Shanghai yesterday to attend the Learning 2.0 conference at Concordia International School. The introductory round table was really interesting and the conference is shaping up to be a good one. I will post on each session I attend both here and on http://learning2cn.ning.com/. Let the learning begin!

This weekend I along with 25 of my colleagues will be travelling north to Shanghai to attend the Learning 2.0 conference. The three day conference represents a progressive step forward in professional development as this conference will focus on the future of learning and what it means for the classrooms and teachers of today. The [...]

I just updated my blogroll in the first of many steps to overhauling my site. I was going to delete it permanently like David Warlick just did but then thought twice about it. The reason for my hesitation was because without blogrolls I would have never stumbled upon so many of the great writers and [...]

Came across this interesting picture and accompanying story this week. “A team of scientists engaged in military research recently came to the conclusion that when it comes to reading web pages,most readers read in “F” shaped pattern taking into consideration the eye movements of 232 readers,it was found that a reader generally reads in a [...]