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I was Canadian – Part 2
Our I was Canadian project continued this week with the kids picking topics, and me showing them the software we are going to use to record the interviews. We’re using a nice open source piece of software called Audacity and, … Continue reading
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I was Canadian
We’re about a week and a half into the school year, so I thought it was time to start with our annual project, I was Canadian. For this I have my Grade 9 students research a late, great Canadian, write … Continue reading
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My summer vacation
Though the summer is usually thought of as two months when teachers goof off and do nothing (and I did some of that), some of us do get a few things done. I got a chance sit down with Joel … Continue reading
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Sometimes it works out well
This year I was assigned a computer media course to teach which intimidated me since I really don’t know that much about that stuff. Clearly, I learned at least as much as the kids did. I also learned (again) that … Continue reading
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History should be fun
I’ve love history, but I have to say that I love history’s quirkiness. Maybe that’s why this made me laugh.
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Wear your seatbelt
I’m always fascinated when I see these kinds of videos. They are simple but make a very clear point with little or no fancy props or flourish. As a Social Studies teacher and a Computer teacher seeing these videos leaves … Continue reading
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More stop motion animation
It’s that time of year again and my students are just about done creating stop motion videos. Here’s one of the first ones to come in.
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Old time cell phones
I don’t know if this video is for real (this site suggests it is) but it sure gets you thinking about technology in a different way.
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Kidblog.org
For one of my classes I try to have the kids blog regularly. It’s a hard thing to do from a technical point of view. There are very few inexpensive or free sites where I can have the students write … Continue reading
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Adapting to Change
It’s a little didactic, but it’s a nice little parable about change. Sometimes it seems to be the thing teachers fear the most. Fr0m more than one teacher in more than one town I’ve heard the refrain “but that’s not … Continue reading
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