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This is a really intriguing video showing one way to collaborate with Google Docs spreadsheets. I’m not an art teacher, but I’d really like to come up with an excuse to try this.

After writing about Twitter yesterday, I stumbled across this article about how one university prof uses Twitter in education. My principal likes to say “it’s all about the relationships” and that seems to be what this university prof is saying. … Continue reading →

A few weeks ago I decided I was going to give Twitter a real try. A friend of mine in Lethbridge had decided he was going to be a Twitterer and convinced me to revive my long dormant account. I … Continue reading →

I set my students to work to do a little research using online primary resources using this assignment on Canadian newspapers. It seemed like a simple way to get them to poke around primary sources and see what they could … Continue reading →

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 →