My daughter in third grade saved up her money and bought a new camera today. We are heading to West Edmonton mall on Tuesday to combine some PD and a family get away so she decided to get a waterproof camera. I think it's time that she started a Flickr account.
Sunday, October 17, 2010
Tuesday, May 4, 2010
IT Summit 2010
I forgot I have a blog.
IT Summit really pushed me to think about how to incorporate change. We have been floundering around trying to make different things happen at our school (Inquiry, UBD, PLC, Tech, Curr. renewal, Assessment For Learning). I think despite everyones best efforts we are not making a whole lot of forward motion.
During some downtime at the conference I slapped together a flow chart of how I think we can make these things happen. It's rough. Not all the dots are connected but I think from this we could design a planning document, a self assessment tool for the teachers, time for teachers to meet with local colleagues, and technology and PD to meet with colleagues further away.
Will Richardson really outlined the need for us to prepare students for collaborating with the world and Bernajean Porter provided the H.E.A.T. to make sure that we are directing our energy towards better outcomes for students.
Thank you again to the people who organized It Summit.
Saturday, May 2, 2009
Friday, April 10, 2009
Monday, April 6, 2009
Better By Design?
Dan Meyer "stirred up trouble" the other day by asking people to rethink their slide decks and ask for public critique. He asked us to move outside our comfort zone and Dean Shareski responded with a thoughtful self evaluation of one of his presentations.
One of the main issues Dan raised was the over use of stock photography. Personal tidbits
are always good but sometimes you just can't get the right picture yourself.
I made the same slide three times with clipart, a stock photo, and a more candid shot. Is one more effective than another? I don't know, you tell me.
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