Technology for Learning

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Who better to describe how a school online portal might be used than a parent who is using one!

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John Kotter’s new book about change, urgency and complacency holds an important message for K-12 education. Our success may have the paradoxical effect of putting us behind. Here John Kotter summarizes the issues in his book A Sense of Urgency.

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Thanks to Naomi and her blog The Innovative Educator I came upon another great video from Childnet International. Naomi reminds us that we know this kid. Do you?
Let’s Fight it Together

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Always there, but perhaps not so noticeable before. The Google ads beside my Gmail inbox. I had just finished reading an incredible email from a parent who is single-handedly leading the online engagement of parents at her school. I often write about this in my blog and have information in the Parent [...]

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I keep two blogs and I don’t often cross-post. I use this blog to share information and discuss issues related to technology and learning. My other blog is my learning journal, and so has a much smaller audience. But today I posted there and a discussion ensued about learning theories – what is a theory [...]

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Dr. Debbie Pushor from the University of Saskatchewan has launched a new website at www.debbiepushor.com creating a “place and voice for parents”. The site has a wide range of resources and well reflects her commitment to the importance of parents in every child’s learning.
Check it out!

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I’m at a great day with Ewan McIntosh in Moose Jaw and educators from Saskatchewan, Manitoba and Moose Jaw. At our table discussion about a key challenge facing our district we came up with the following:
Challenge:  How do you avoid having teachers with one year of experience 29 times? In other words, how do we shake [...]

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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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The initial posts for each of the players in the story of developing a K-12 Parent Portal are complete. The introductory post is here.
The posts for each of the players are here:
Parent – Sally Barrett ,click here for post about Sally
Parent – George Wangari, click here for a post about George
Parent – Alicia Delmorales, click [...]

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