by altan | Jun 30, 2009 | Uncategorized
Well it seems I’ve been out in the digital wilderness for quite a while. Let me elaborate… My name is Altan. I’ve been blogging for about 18 months now (class blog). Last year I was involved with the DEECD KBNG:Web 2.0 collaborative learning project...
by heatherblakey | Jun 30, 2009 | Uncategorized
Global Columnists are Educators who are using Global Teacher, Edublogs or WordPress as a platform to share their ITC expertise and demonstrate how Web 2.0 technology can be applied in the classroom. These educators are members of the Global Teacher community and have...
by marynabadenhorst | Jun 10, 2009 | Uncategorized
I would like to introduce you to an inspirational teacher. She teaches in the Bronx in a school commonly known as “The Google School”, because all the teachers use Google Documents, and all the students have access to their own laptop. This school sits...
by marynabadenhorst | Jun 8, 2009 | Uncategorized
I was reading a Grade 1 teacher’s blog pages recently (http://classblogmeister.com/blog.php?blogger_id=1337 and http://staff.prairiesouth.ca/~cassidy.kathy/index.html), and came upon this fun tool. It is an online program called “This is sand”...
by marynabadenhorst | Jun 3, 2009 | Uncategorized
Sitting in a doctor’s waiting room (as you do!) the other day, I read one of those waiting room magazines with the crossword puzzles and jokes. One of these jokes was: The mother asked the birthday boy: ‘Do you want your birthday cake cut into twelve...
by marynabadenhorst | May 27, 2009 | Uncategorized
I went to a seminar once, and as usual, I forgot almost everything that was said on the day, except for one snippet: “As teachers, we work with making memories every day. Yet, very few teachers would be able to tell you how memories are made or retained, and...
