Monthly Archives: November 2008

Early this morning I stumbled across a neat site, Great Summary (thank you, Delicious). The website does exactly what the name suggests; it provides a great summary of text you paste in, or webpages whose URL you give it. I’ve … Continue reading →

We had a discussion about Facebook at our staff meeting last night. The principal pointed out that a couple of teachers in Manitoba had gotten into trouble (and one fired, if I understood correctly) because of comments on Facebook. One … Continue reading →

I’ve been noticing a bit on Google Sites on Dogtrax’s blog (aka Kevin’s Meandering Mind) and I have to admit, he’s got me intrigued about this latest of cool Google tools. Like Kevin suggests, using Google Sites is a dead … Continue reading →

I have noticed that, as a teacher, I really don’t like to stand in front of a class and lecture to/at my students. Over the years, I’ve noticed that other teachers do like to do that. My approach forces me … Continue reading →

Our Remembrance Day assembly was last Friday, and, as last year, it was a pretty slick affair. It had PowerPoint, spot lights fading in and fading out on various speakers, solemn music, a choir, bagpipes, and even a trumpet blowing … Continue reading →

I often ask myself why I bother to work on this blog. I have ideas on how technology can be put to use in the class, but does anybody really care? Michele Martin summarized it neatly (along with help from … Continue reading →

With thanks to Rob Jacobs for pointing this video out in a post, Nokia has a fascinating little video/commercial out called “The Fourth Screen.” The video show the previous three “screens,” – movies, T.V., and computers – and shows how … Continue reading →