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(This post is a response, a build on, and my thoughts in response to reading this excellent piece of writing by Dean Shareski - I hope you have read what he has to say on this topic.) In the five years I have been blogging in my classroom, I have seen ... ...

The other day, I picked up a tweet from Mark Oehlert. He was at a conference and a speaker mentioned moving from "subject matter experts" to "subject matter networks." I was stuned for a moment thinking about the power that this idea has. This is, of course, in the simplest terms ... ...

I received an email from wikispaces today that read as follows: "Hi, We received a DMCA notice from Martin Treasure Director of TravelSmart Ltd (contact details below) indicating that a file hosted on your wiki infringes on his copyright. The file in question is located on this page: http://creativecities.wikispaces.com/Florence+Italy+-+Sara According to his claim, the ... ...

Disclaimer - this post has absolutely nothing to do with education. Three weeks ago I thought I had trouble. I was struggling in my class with a challenging class of 29 grade seven and eight kids. My house was upside down due to renovations we were doing and it seemed as ... ...

When I was a kid growing up in Snow Lake, there were about 2 100 people here. Over the years (the last 5 or 6 especially), changing technology in mining, the globalization of the industry and falling base metal prices have all contributed to falling fortunes for the town. In the ... ...

I'm heading to Austin Texas in a few weeks to keynote Tech Forum Southwest. I was in Chicago for Tech Forum in April and truly enjoyed the format and the day that I was fortunate enough to spend there. Besides the fact that I'm expecting great conversations again and great ... ...

One of the perks of writing this blog that I rarely take advantage of is the free stuff that I get offered to me. It is rare the week that rolls by without an offer in my inbox for new software or a new product. But this one I couldn't pass ... ...

We're thinking that it might be time to move on. My wife and I have been teaching in Snow Lake for thirteen years through all sorts of ups and downs; but we are thinking of leaving. We are looking to move our family somewhere new and this post is the beginning ... ...

Helping a new classroom community to grow and take shape in a classroom is different each and every year. Much depends on the variables: the age of your students, their technology skills, your community context and need among others. There are many things to consider. Each community needs to be ... ...

We have more information, but less news. We have more information, but we understand the world less and have less perspective on global events than people in the past. An information age paradox. Alisa Miller in this 4 minute TED Talk explains how this has happened: This is frightening. We live in a world ... ...

It's interesting that you can find out information about yourself on the internet... On September 2nd I spoke at the fall faculty seminar of the University of Regina. Speaking to education professors was both a different type of audience for me and interesting. I was worried about presenting to people who ... ...

Over the past several years, I have had the opportunity to meet some amazing educators. People doing great things in all different subject areas. People pushing the boundaries of possibilities and helping kids to see the world in new, connected ways. But here's the problem: they are there and I am ... ...

I love it when people have passion. I don't care what that passion is, or what it is for, but you can see it in their eyes. The bright, burning eyes of people who are doing what they love to do. Their passion might be performing in public, or painting, ... ...

A few days further along the line, and with much advice from many people all around the globe, I seem to be actually getting along with the filter that has just recently been installed in my building. Mind you, there are a few people in my division, from my principal, to ... ...

How many schools or classrooms are places like this: If you are a regular follower of the edutechosphere you probably are a fan of certain teachers, dreaming of having your own kids in their classes, or of certain schools, wishing you could work there. Would you like people to see your school ... ...

I've always been fortunate enough to work in a building that was very lightly filtered. Basically, we filtered pornography and that was about it. Everyone in the building, including students, had access to all kinds of questionable material online. Instead of filtering, our policy has always been instead to hold ... ...

So here's a question to ponder. One that I've been spending some time thinking about lately: In the education system as it is currently constructed and implemented, it is simply a fact that we need to accept that there will be students who do not succeed. Do you believe this to be ... ...

How's this for a fact: There's also this: The next time some one tells you they can't find anything to read or do online - tell them they need to dig a little deeper. Taken from the Creative Cloud ...

I had the good fortune almost a year ago of spending a few days with Alan Levine. I had been in Shanghai only a few hours when there was a knock on my hotel room door and when I opened it, there was Alan, with his hand stuck out to shake ... ...

I know all about the idea of digital footprint. I've written about it in the past. I've spoken at conferences about it. I've tried to explain the concept to students; tried to get them to understand the concept of developing a positive footprint that you are in control of. But losing it ... ...

I used to give the students in my classroom blogging guidelines. But thinking about this, I've realized that we do so much more online than blog. We connect to people and places around the world through our blogs, but also using our Youtube channel, the wikis we have, nings we ... ...

In June of 2008, I bought my wife a Macbook Air. A beautiful machine, it does all that she wants it to do and is the easiest machine I’ve ever seen to travel.

But on our recent trip to Newfoundland only 13 months later, sitting on the convention floor of the conference she was attending, she began to hear a small “click” each time she opened or closed the lid of this machine. She became more conce...

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Innovation and collaboration are two of the latest buzz words in education. Both are hot for good reason as we learn more about the importance of working together to solve problems and about harnessing the power of creative people and teams.

But getting there isn’t necessarily easy. Collaborating on projects and products and colouring outside of the lines; being creative and innovative, have neve...

When I get out of bed in the morning and once I have a bit of coffee in me to keep me conscious, I usually (OK, always…) grab my computer and check in with the world.

I usually drop in to twitter and simply say “good morning” to anyone who’s around. It’s interesting that people from around the world will reply and wish me a good day or tell that they are having their evening meal in another part o...