Stop Ditching Homework
Cal ArmstrongI know it's trendy for folks to proselytize "Ditching Homework" - it's a catchy phrase, great memories of your own homework are likely hard to find and you won't get…
Tech is not the be-all and end-all
Although I said I'd blog every day in November, I meant "school days" and didn't intend to blog on the weekend. But I had a few minutes between tasks and…
Fife – The Grand Tour Day 1 Introduction
So my tour started in Edinburgh and the Hilton Grosvenor was kind enough to host me. It was in a great old building with long narrow hallways with low ceilings…
Observations
I had the opportunity to visit a school just outside of Edinburgh yesterday. While my overall intent was to look at the use of OneNote and Office365, what resonated with…
So you want to hack your OneNote Class Notebook
Taking a brief break from my "Getting Started with OneNote Class Notebook" series (you can start that one here)...This is a little advanced so if you're not comfortable setting permissions…
Facilitating Feedback in OneNote
When we were creating the precursor to the OneNote Class Notebook, I was heavily influenced (well, I still am) by the work of Black & Wiliam and so improving the…
Distributing content in your Class Notebook (the video)
In the previous post Distributing content in your Class Notebook, I went through the steps of distributing a page to each of my students (effectively handing out what I wanted…
Defying gravity
Andrew Campbell always encourages me to think about things, no less this time an utterance I boldly share from his Facebook timeline. ------------Prediction: Your TL will be full of reaction…
Milestones (for a Mentor)
We received great news this week: we've been designated a Microsoft Mentor School for 2014; one of only three across Canada.From the website: schools must demonstrate a commitment to innovation and…
Changing directions
(I thought I should squeeze this in given a link from a popular blog, Continuous Everywhere.)I closed off my teaching this June for a year; in the fall I'll be…