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Justin Medved

I made it! It took a while and but I am finally "out there" and starting to share. The momentum is building and the discussions are getting richer so I felt it was time to contribute something to community beyond my school. Justin Medved

Homepage: http://medagogy.edublogs.org/

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Presenting today at the The Future is Now! – Online Learning Best Practices Conference @ BSS in Toronto. I will be talking and showcasing some tools and ideas to promote collaboration in the classroom. 21st century collaboration View more presentations from Justin Medved.

Presenting a workshop at the Lower Canada College “Re-Think IT” conference. Alan November doing the keynote. A leadership guide to supporting and coaching best practice technology use across the curriculum. Administrators are given the charge to foster professional development of teachers through classroom observation, walk-throughs and overall supervision. In recent years, technology has changed significantly [...]

21st Century Literacy for Parents View more presentations from The York School.

Today the York School hosted CAISAP – the Canadian Association of Independent Schools’ Advancement Professionals and their annual share and collaboration day. Advancement professionals from around the Canadian Independent School system came to reflect on the year that was and compare notes. I was asked to talk about the role that social media could play [...]

Apr
03

On April 7th and 8th of next week I am really excited to be attending and speaking at Canada’s most innovative web conference. MESH. This will be a great opportunity to listen, talk to and learn from some of Canada’s most forward thinking entrepreneurs, writers and web experts. More importantly I am keen to talk [...]

Search Engine is a weekly podcast hosted by Jesse Brown of the CBC . It focuses on current issues surrounding technology and social media. A few weeks back this episode was aired which revealed some interesting findings from a US wide study on the online solicitation of minors. The finding are really interesting. I have [...]

The Crisis of Credit Visualized from Jonathan Jarvis on Vimeo.

Feb
02
Filed Under (Podcasts) by on February 2, 2009 and tagged

People often ask me for podcast suggestions. While I do add and delete feeds from my Itunes on a regular basis there are a few that have stood the test of time. Here are some of my favorites. 1. The Economist Global news from around the world. Science, Business, Technology, Economics and more. This podcast [...]

I know it is cliché to add 2.0 to everything but after watching this video about one of U.S administrations dynamic new groups—the TIGR (Technology, Innovation and Government Reform) Team, its hard not to feel that some exciting changes are on the horizon. The Change.gov blog keeps blowing me away with its content. Talk of [...]

Jan
08
Filed Under (nextgenteachers) by on January 8, 2009

Cross posted at www.utechtips.com Greetings from Canada and happy new year! Before I get started on my new years resolution of posting here on a regular basis I wanted to make some predictions for the coming year. A chance to peek into the crystal ball and make some educated guesses as to what will impact [...]