Technology for Learning

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Some time ago I read a post helping teachers determine what they should and should not post on their classroom websites. It was a very positive list from Mrs. Smoke who posts often with helpful hints.
But when Alec Couros had a bad experience with someone favouriting his daughter’s photos on flickr, I [...]

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Footprints in the sand
Originally uploaded by Welshdan

Jesse Bradley, in his recent post about the invisible audience, touched on the trail of his person that was collecting in cyberspace. He wondered what his children would come to know about him through his digital footprint online.
Gottsela touched on similar issues as she explored what should be posted [...]

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Donna DesRoches recently tweeted about it, Matt Townsley blogged about it, Dr. Alec Couros is passionate about it. Learning for teachers that is open, connected, personal. As 21st century educators we are committed to personalizing learning for our students, so why not for ourselves?
Authentic learning is as critical for the adults, yet [...]

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Improvement Cycle School Family Partnerships
Originally uploaded by rdrunner

As I have often posted here about the development of the Implementation Guide for K-12 Parent Portals, I am pleased to report that the work is ready. I will not use the word “finished”, because it will always be open for improvements. You can access the guide here:
K-12 [...]

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After being tagged by Alec Couros, reading his 7 Things You Didn’t Know About Me and being fascinated by his stories, I knew I would have to think carefully to provide something interesting for you to read. So here goes (in no particular order).

I have never had a traffic ticket (parking tickets [...]

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Your school district has decided to build an online portal to better connect with parents. What will it do? Will it be better than it is today? Please add your voice by completing the form. You can view the rest of the the online discussion and background at the Parent 2.0 Interactive website.
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Jennifer Jones wrote eloquently about personal learning networks recently in her post The Job of Personal Learning. She pulled me into the post right away by describing the way to a successful personal learning network may be through immersion. I couldn’t agree more. Recently I presented at a conference – my session [...]

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Another leg of my journey to developing a K-12 Parent Portal is completed. The first compilation of “What would you do in a K-12 Parent Portal?” is now posted on the Parent 2.0 wiki. It is a work in progress, as I continue to receive feedback from the blog postings [...]

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@achurches wrote an insightful post titled “One Size Fits All”. He writes about the barriers to teacher creativity due in part to lack of flexibility from school and district administration and a locking down of technology by technical support staff.
I agree.
But teachers need help in working with tech staff. Allanah commented on “One Size Fits [...]

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The Parents as Partners webcast had a very lively conversation tonight about Parents and Web 2.0 tools. So lively that I wanted to capture some of the great ideas while they were fresh in my mind.
Steve Hargadon of Classroom 2.0 was the guest tonight on Lorna Costantini’s hosted webcast. The chatroom was filled [...]

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