I’m not sure what I was expecting for convocation. I had done this twice before – first for a B.Sc. (Specialization – Genetics) then again two years later for a B.Ed. (Secondary Biology). I’m at an age (that’ll wait until next post) at which one doesn’t expect to feel giddy at the prospect of participating [...]
Thursday, October 25, 2007
It occurred to me earlier that starting today, there are four significant countdowns in my life: Tomorrow (Oct. 26) Apple releases Leopard. I suppose this isn’t really that significant or specifically involve me, but I am looking forward to the updated OS. I think that having automated backups via Time Machine will be the best [...]
Tuesday, September 25, 2007
Alec Couros and I are in the midst of putting together a course for the University of Regina. Officially, the course number and name is EC&I 831: Computers in the Classroom: Appropriate Curriculum and Instruction Related to Computer Technology but Alec and I are referring to it as Open, Connected and Social Pedagogy. We’ll be [...]
Friday, September 14, 2007
Working on two online course projects has given me the impetus to take a look back at some of the things I learned and some of the work that I did while working on my M.Ed. I think I have learned a few things about online learning and instructional design. One of the constant themes [...]
Thursday, September 13, 2007
I’m getting started on a couple of interesting instructional design projects right now. One is the design of an online computer science class for Grade 11 students. I’ve taught CompSci many times before and used a blended instructional model where the students and I were all in the same room, and all the resources and [...]
Along with some colleagues, I toured around two different implementations of online learning in the K-12 system. In both cases, they have experienced substantial increases in the number of students that they serve. The growth in online learning among K-12 students is burgeoning and ready to cause some real changes in the way that we [...]
Thanks to Steve Dembo for pointing this one out. I had read Taylor Mali’s poem before, but the power and passion he delivers in performance speaks for all teachers. As the school year draws to a close, this is a great message to remind us why we do what we do! [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hw1MFobWD_o]
Wednesday, February 21, 2007
I should be working on the project, but I have to shine some light on this piece by Christopher Sessums (brought to my attention by Stephen) Christopher D. Sessums :: Weblog :: Intellect, Emotion, Spirit, and Will: Another Side of Connectivism His post is an exploration of some of the ideas of/quotations from The Courage [...]
Saturday, December 9, 2006
I’ve just read this post from Andy Carvin about Seymour Papert – Andy Carvin’s Waste of Bandwidth: Prayers for Seymour Papert. Seymour Papert was hit by a motorcycle and “gravely injured” while in Hanoi for a conference. According to a report at boston.com, the accident on Tuesday left Papert, 78, in a coma. An e-mail [...]
I’m reading a paper right now entitled Comparing Weblogs to Threaded Discussion in Online Educational Contexts by Donna Cameron and Terry Anderson, published in the November edition of the International Journal of Instructional Technology and Distance Learning (thanks to Stephen for the pointer to this). When I write that I’m reading it right now, I [...]