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August 2014 Blog Posts (3)

Does Tech Hold Back Educators?

I just read a post by my friend, Tony Sinanis, #EdCamp: What's The Point? Tony had an unconnected colleague attend an Edcamp. The colleague was most impressed with the ever-present passion. According to Tony’s friend:

This whole experience seems to be one of the best examples I have ever seen about the power…

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Added by Thomas Whitby on August 13, 2014 at 8:30pm — No Comments

The Two Worlds of Education

Being connected as an educator offers a unique perspective. It is almost as if there are two different world’s in education, and a connected educator must travel within both. Technology in our computer-driven society has enabled collaboration to occur at a level and pace never before available in the 19^th and 20^th century versions of education. For the modern educators who have embraced the idea of connectedness, the world of education looks very different from it has…

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Added by Thomas Whitby on August 11, 2014 at 11:36pm — No Comments

Year Two of 1:1 in Grade One

Ok...so now a year has passed since my last blog on using iPads in a 1:1 grade one classroom. I've learned a lot along the way. I'm sorry I didn't write as I was learning, but this was a roller-coaster year of trying, failing, changing and (sometimes) succeeding... only to try, fail and sometimes succeed again. I call it my lather, rinse, repeat process. Now I am a week out of school and have time to share both my…

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Added by Irene Farmer on August 5, 2014 at 12:30pm — No Comments

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