I have been working with Carol Jordan a science teacher here at my school for most of the year on different projects. At the beginning of the year she invited me into her IB Theory of Knowledge class (TOK) to give a presentation on the Connectivism Theory of Learning. From that moment on we’ve been working together on a number […]
I share with you and e-mail I sent out to the staff at my school today. Yes, I know that most of what I write would not fly in your school/district. But then again, we are a private international school…things just work differently here, and that’s a good thing! I strongly believe that international education will change and adapt faster […]
Yes we have over 600 student blogs running here in Shanghai. From grades 4-12, students are blogging up a storm. In fact we’re getting to a point that the blogs are part of just what students do here.
A Kiwi friend of mine sent this my way today. Not sure if others have seen this, but new on my radar. High-tech hardware solution provider Axiotron today introduced two new configurations of the Modbookâ„¢, its award-winning tablet Mac computer for creative professionals. The new configurations, available immediately, include 2.1 GHz or 2.4 GHz Intel Coreâ„¢ 2 Duo processors and […]
In my Day in the Life video I say this a couple of times and I can’t stress it enough to education technology teachers/integrators out there that the time you spend in the hallways is time well spent. This morning I was on my way to get a cup of coffee as per my usual morning routine. I have three […]
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The TED conference is getting ready to kick off here shortly and as it does. I know I speak for all those that post here at U Tech Tips when I say that the videos and the thinking that comes from TED is mind numbing. As I read and prepare for TED I was reminded of this video from Sir […]
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More and more teachers are wanting to use video in their class, and are asking students to create videos for projects. We have one mac lab and will be getting another mac lab next year. The problem is I’ve never created a video using iMovie so my support for these projects was not where I like it to be. So, […]
So here’s my night: (9 tabs in Firefox trying to load) Six web pages trying to load Two Youtube videos I want to watch Want to listen/purchase songs from Amazon Want to leave comments on other blogs Instead I’m sitting here wasting my time because pages won’t load. I try and not complain about China or the Internet speed here […]