Angela Maiers and Mark E. Moran have written a fantastic guide for implementing Genius Hour in the classroom. The guide walks you through the first 20 days of exploration, plotting out in an easy to follow guide, how best to prepare students to think deeply, explore their passions, and launch into what will be a …
Category archives: Technology
Google Slideshow Templates on iOS
Google has come out with some snappy new templates that you can use in the different tools within Google Drive. The problem is that they are quite difficult to get at from an iOS device. On a laptop, in a browser, they pop up as an option when you create a new slideshow, but in …
New School Year – New PD Plan
If you always do what you’ve always done, you’ll always get what you’ve always got. ― Henry Ford Professional development strategies should always be in a constant state of refinement. Just as we are called as teachers to follow the child, and differentiate our strategies to meet their needs — regularly checking in to gauge …
It IS About Technology
There is a saying, that it’s not about the technology; it’s about the pedagogy. A statement like this is usually followed by a statement regarding how good teaching can happen without technology, and inquiry can happen without technology. I’m not contesting these last two ideas. I will acknowledge that good teaching and good inquiry can …
Re-imagining the TV.HWDSB Video Space
Those of you who have been following along, or have been affected by, the issues we’ve been having with tv.hwdsb.on.ca know that we are updating the system to rectify the issues we’ve run into. After a year of toiling away at trying to get the system up and running, only to have it go down …
They Need to Take Them Home
Whenever new technology emerges, it always takes a while for the cultural norms around the use of that tool to catch up to its facility. We are seeing that currently with the backlash against Google Glass use in public spaces. The technology emerges, and then society wrestles with what acceptable use looks like. Some of …