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Conference Week

March 17, 2010
Conference Week

So let me cut through the smoke and mirrors and really tell you why this coming week is important to me. Simple….on Tripit.com I’m trailing David Warlick in the number of countries I’ve traveled to this year. As an International Educator….that’s just wrong! I won’t pass David this coming week but I’ll tie him...
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The Next Phase of Technology at ISB

March 4, 2010
The Next Phase of Technology at ISB

Last week our IT Director, Chad Bates, gave a presentation to the ISB School Board outlining the next phase of technology use at ISB. The phase includes a plan to go 1:1 starting next year with grade 6 students. It’s an exciting time to be at ISB and I for one am looking forward to...
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Learning 2.010 Conference: Where do we go from here?

February 3, 2010
Learning 2.010 Conference: Where do we go from here?

In a world where content is continually changing, and you can learn almost anything for free, what’s the point of going to a conference? This is the question we started with in designing your Learning 2.010 Conference experience. The content is free and easy. If you want to learn how to use Facebook in your...
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Managing Tech in the Classroom

December 3, 2009
Managing Tech in the Classroom

As our fourth COETAIL course (Certificate of Educational Technology and Information Literacy) here at ISB is drawing to a close. The students (33 teachers at our school) have one more course to complete next semester. The last hurdle inĀ getting their certificate. The last course calls on them to overhaul one of their units of...
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One Bad Twitter ‘Tweet’ Can Cost you 30 Students

November 29, 2009
One Bad Twitter ‘Tweet’ Can Cost you 30 Students

Well….maybe not yet, but in the coming year if you are a private or international school you better be monitoring and using these new social tools to engage new students and families. A Bloomberg report came out earlier this week titled: One Bad Twitter ‘Tweet’ Can Cost 30 Customers, Survey Shows. A negative review or comment...
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Why Facebook is Unblocked at ISB

November 13, 2009
Why Facebook is Unblocked at ISB

I thought I would share an e-mail that was sent from our department today to a parent who had raised a concern about Facebook being unblocked at school. A very well thought out e-mail from the group. Chad Bates did most of the work with Dennis, Kim and I adding our two cents...
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Videos that speak to the heart

November 9, 2009
Videos that speak to the heart

There are days like yesterday when everything comes together technologically that allows you to create some of the most amazing artifacts. Yesterday The Thinking Chick (my wife) sat down at around 2 o’clock and started working on a video that she wanted to create about her recent Operation Smile trip to Surin, Thailand with 9...
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EARCOS Admin Tech Cohort – Reflection

November 6, 2009
EARCOS Admin Tech Cohort – Reflection

Back at work and reflecting on the tech cohort that I tried to run at the EARCOS Admin Conference. I talked about it here and what my hopes were for the group. It’s the first time I’ve tried to embedd a cohort in a traditional conference model and to be honest I had very...
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