On the weekend I had the pleasure of participating in the Good 100 Experiment with an amazing group of Edmonton do-gooders. It was an inspiring experience. I had the opportunity to get to know agents of social change of all ages and from many diverse sectors who are working to make Edmonton a better place. The […]
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It was hot and sunny this afternoon as Rachel Notely was sworn in as Alberta’s seventeenth Premier. It was the first change of power in Alberta in 44 years and people were hungry for change. Instead of the usual ceremony behind closed doors Premier Notely invited Albertans to join her on the grounds of […]
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For the next two weeks I have the pleasure of helping coordinate Open Education and OERs with David Porter, Clint Lalonde and Sandy Hirtz. It’s an EdTechOpen course, the second iteration of a course that originally ran in December, 2014. It’s a real privilege for me to have the opportunity to work with Clint and David […]
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Hello #rhiz015 I am looking forward to playing in the #rhizo15 sandbox for the next several weeks, even though I haven’t been very active yet. I’m co-facilitating a course in Open Education and OERs for EdTechOpen and that is where most of my attention will be for another week. I’ve taken a more lurkish role […]
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On March 23rd, 2015 at 7pm MST I had the pleasure of participating in Rockylou Radio’s #ds106 radio production: the Fascinating Femme Fatale. You can listen to the whole show, or selected parts and flip through the print ads created for it in Rochelle’s fantastic multimedia flipbook. You can listen to DS106 radio live anytime.
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I recently has the honour of being invited to a launch party showcase for the SMAK-G Chocolate Company. The invitation read: The grade 8 students at Michael Strembitsky School have spent the last 5 weeks engaged in a unique learning opportunity that combines multiple curricular outcomes and competencies into a real-world scenario. The students were […]
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This afternoon I presented a session on Open Educational Resources (OER) for teachers at the Alberta Distance Learning Centre (ADLC). It was a great session. There were participants from across the province, plus one participant from New Brunswick connected and viewing the slides on Bridget and watching the video via video conference. Here are the slides […]
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Tom’s birthday was at the end of February. It was one of those big birthdays, the kind that make you think back about all of the things you have done with your life, and the things you would still like to do. Instead of having a giant party, he cooked for 75 people who were […]
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Open Education Week is a celebration of the global Open Education Movement. Its purpose is to raise awareness about the movement and its impact on teaching and learning worldwide. Participation in all events and use of all resources are free and open to everyone. As part of Open Education Week, the New York City Writing Project […]
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What is Startup Weekend? Startup Weekend is a global network of passionate leaders and entrepreneurs on a mission to inspire, educate, and empower individuals, teams and communities. StartupWeekend.org has hosted 1500 events in 726 locations around the world. Last weekend we held Edmonton’s first ever Startup Weekend Education (SWEDU) and the first Startup Weekend in four […]
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I’m excited about a brand new event happening in Edmonton this coming weekend, Mar 6-7. It’s a fun, mini Dragon’s Den style entrepreneurial experience called Startup Weekend EDU. I am on the volunteer organizing team. SWEDU is a chance for youth in grades 9-12 and educators to learn from and work with experienced entrepreneurs, designers, […]
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Yesterday I had the pleasure of attending the second annual TEDx Youth Edmonton event at the Royal Alberta Museum. Here are the inspiring speakers, the did a fantastic job! This is an archive of the back channel on Twitter [View the story “TEDx Youth Edmonton – Redefining Normal” on Storify] Thanks to everyone who helped […]
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Yesterday at the Palliser District Teacher’s Convention I had the pleasure of co-presenting a session about Open Educational Resources (OER) with my friend Verena Roberts. It is always great when I get to see Verena face to face, as we usually communicate through email, direct message on Twitter and hangouts, but this was special because we were presenting a […]
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Today after work I’ll be heading to Calgary for my annual Teacher’s Convention. I believe in lifelong learning and participate in and deliver professional learning opportunities on a regular basis but I never look forward to convention because there is no WiFi so I need to disconnect from my learning network in order to learn, and I […]
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On Thursday January 29th I was at ERLC’s CTF/CTS Day at WP Wager and Louis St Laurent schools. Dave, Danielle and I did a session about CTF in the morning, there was a big crowd with some great questions and comments. In the afternoon we participated in Dennis Pratt‘s session “Projects Plans & Presentations”. He […]
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One of the projects that I am working on right now is Startup Weekend EDU Edmonton which is taking place March 6-9, 2015 on the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology (NAIT) campus. It’s the first education-centric Startup Weekend hosted in Edmonton. The organizing team held the first ever Startup Weekend EDU in Western Canada last […]
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On Tuesday many of the participants from #etmooc, the Educational Technology and Media Mooc, gathered together for a Twitter chat to celebrate the 2nd Anniversary of #etmooc. We were celebrating the second anniversary of the launch of #etmooc, because although the scheduled events for #etmooc ended almost two years ago, the community that developed during […]
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Tomorrow PostEtmooc is holding the 2nd anniversary #etmooc Twitter chat. Alec Couros will be hosting and I’ll be taking wing with Susan Spellman Cann, Erin Luong, Paul Signorelli, Karen Young and Christina Hendricks. I can’t think of a better group to co-host a Twitter chat with, or a better topic. It is hard to believe that it […]
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We explored the Deep Freeze Festival yesterday afternoon. It was a great time to go, the sun was shining on polished ice and it was the warmest it had been in days. We parked beside the Viking encampment, leaving the parking lot was like travelling back in time. As always there was a beautifully […]
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I got a smart phone for Christmas, the whole family did. The girls were ecstatic. I am enjoying my new phone, but have no plans to turn into one of those smart phone addicted zombies that surround me that seem more interested in their phones than what is taking place all around them. My phone, […]
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Tom’s been making cookies for my cookie exchange at work and for the girls to bring to school.
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We’re celebrating the 12 Days of Christmas at work. Today was the judging for the Cubicle Decorating Contest. Every year there are more competitors and the competition gets harder. Here are some of the entries. The Math, Arts and Communications branch won first prize with their Whoville display My branch, Citizenship & Career […]
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Tom, Paris and I were at a fantastic Make Something Edmonton (#MakeSomethingYeg) event last night at the Windspear Centre. The fun started as we arrived at the front door with a light installation. When we arrived inside for An Evening of Light, Sound and Motion we were greeted by a pair of fairies on stilts. […]
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This week I am helping facilitate a 5 day course about Open Educational Resources. The course started yesterday with an introduction to open educational resources (OER). The next few days feature case studies of OER internationally, in post-secondary and in K-12. I’ve been working with Verena Roberts to create the introduction to OER and K-2 […]
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I really enjoy Twitter chats. They are a great way to connect with the people in my PLN and to explore different educational topics. For the past two years I’ve also been hosting Twitter chats, participating as myself and using the PostEtmooc Twitter account. I enjoy hosting Twitter chats even more than I enjoy participating, […]
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It was my birthday on Friday. It was a great birthday. I had meals with friends, Maureen took me to Hyperthinking by Phillip Weiss at Grant MacEwan. The girls were at camp with Pathfinders so I had a romantic weekend with Tom. And I took the weekend off, barely touching the keyboard, checking my Twitter […]
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I loved watching the latest iteration of Twitter vs Zombies (#TvsZ) this weekend. I knew I was too busy to play (I have learned from experience that when I sit down to play for an hour, it will be at least three hours later when I step away from the computer) but I really enjoyed […]
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