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Only 10 more days to participate in my study!
I have received about 50 responses to my survey so far. My study is on “Student Perception of Teachers who play Online Social Video Games”, and the survey only takes about 5-8 minutes. Won’t you take it to help out the teaching profession? The survey can be found here: http://edu.surveygizmo.com/s3/844591/Student-Perception-of-Social-Gaming-Teachers Read more
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e-Learning: Not an education panacea
This article is cross-posted from my school blog, Spring 2012. I believe that my discussion about e-Learning will sound eerily like my post about Online Collaboration, though possibly less alarmist. There’s one big reason for this—there’s a lot of online collaboration involved in e-Learning. However, one big difference is that there’s not always a lot… Read more
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Survey responses needed!
I am collecting responses to a survey for research I’m doing as part of my Masters of Science degree in Educational Technology. The topic of the research is “Student perceptions of teachers who play online social video games.” The survey is primarily targeted to current or recent high school students, but I need a wide… Read more
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Online Collaboration: Working Together, Alone.
This article is cross-posted from my school blog, Spring 2012. Online communication is an amazing thing. It’s making tremendously easier what was once tremendously difficult. The fact that two classrooms of children can collaborate on a project together through something like ePals even though they live half a world apart and barely speak the same… Read more
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Social Media School Policy
We recently had an assignment for one of my Masters classes to write a school policy regarding student-teacher communication, including the use of social media networks. Please read my policy below the break, and leave me some comments and feedback in the comments section below. Thanks! Read more
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bibliography disabled
I realized I’ve been neglecting the “bibliography.” page of the site and not keeping it updated. I’ve disabled it for now until I figure out exactly how I want to use it. Read more
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Amazing use of table interface
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bookmarked
That moment when you discover that some random person you don’t know has highlighted and bookmarked your blog post. #sopeopleDOreadmystuff? Read more
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Too Dangergous!
This article is cross-posted from my school blog, Spring 2012. Let me paint you a picture. You’re a teacher of 2nd graders, and one morning you walk in to the classroom and one of your young boys is already sitting at his desk, quietly, intently working on something. You walk over to his desk to see… Read more
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Apple news coming tomorrow
Expect some news/reviews/op-eds tomorrow right here regarding Apple’s new product news. One thing for sure, there will be something we can put to use in the classroom! Read more