Topic 5 of Connected Courses started this week, we will be exploring co-learning for the next two weeks. Topic 5 is being hosted by Howard Rheingold, Alec Couros and Mia Zamora. The first synchronous event was a hangout with Howard, Alec and Mia and some of the many #etmooc alumni who still connect and collaborate […]
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Today I spent several hours working on an enormous post about all of the great learning opportunities that I got to take advantage of in October. Between The Open and Connected Leaning Mooc (#oclmooc) and Connected Courses (#ccourses) I took part in many synchronous sessions about digital identity, open learning, web literacies, community and connecting […]
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The Open and Connected Learning Mooc (#oclmooc) ended on Thursday and since then real life has caught up with me. I have been online much less, and I haven’t been blogging on RhondaJessen or oclmooc. I have been thinking about everything that happened during and leading up to #oclmooc. I have been sketching out my […]
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This morning my work group visited Monsignor Fee Otterson, a five-year old K-9 school in south Edmonton. I could tell that it was a welcoming place as soon as I walked in the door, it was a place I would be happy to work in. We were offered a great snack before we toured their […]
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It’s been a whirlwind for the past few weeks. I’ve been getting the Open and Connected Learning Mooc (#oclmooc) launched, and participating in some of the Connected Courses (#ccourses) events. I knew I wouldn’t be able to participate in everything going on with #ccourses, but I couldn’t resist the topic and the course instructors. On […]
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Wednesday was the start of The Open and Connected Learning Mooc and our entry event was a joint event with the PostEtmooc Community. I hosted a hangout with the PostEtmooc community where they shared their experiences and advice for participating in a cMooc. In case I haven’t said this often enough I really value my connections […]
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Hello to all of you who are participating in the Open and Connected Learning Mooc (#oclmooc). I am a little overdue on my personal introduction; I’ve spent the last few weeks getting things ready for the launch of #oclmooc this week and I have been neglecting my own blog. I am a media and computer teacher, with […]
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The Open and Connected Learning Mooc (#oclmooc) launched this week! We have just over 70 participants signed up and we held our first two synchronous events over the last two nights. I’ve been working to set up #oclmooc for the past three months. I’ve been fortunate to have a fantastic group of co-conspirators to help […]
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I haven’t had time to post much in this space lately as I’ve been getting ready for the launch of The Open and Connected Learning Mooc in two days. Here is what I sent out to #oclmooc participants on Sunday: The Open and Connected Learning Mooc (#oclmooc) starts next week. The page for week 1, […]
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Working at Alberta Education has been a fascinating, always learning experience. For the past two years I have had the pleasure of helping to refine and validate the draft Career and Technology Foundations (CTF) curriculum. We have been working with fantastic educators to ensure that CTF will work in their classrooms, no matter where they […]
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I have signed up for another Mooc – Connected Courses – because it looks really interesting, many of the Tweeps that I enjoy learning and playing with are signing up, and I am a serial cMooc addict. I am really excited about the course, the content and the instructors. Alec Couros, Alan Levine, Howard Reingold, […]
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In just over three weeks The Open and Connected Learning Mooc (#OCLMooc) starts. Our goal is to share information, resources and best practices about connected learning and open education, while connecting Alberta educators with each other, and learners from around the globe. For me the most important part is connecting Alberta educators. When I was […]
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We had a great time yesterday at the Fort Edmonton Volunteer Party which was held in the 1920s Midway. The best part was the jazz trio who played live in front of the Freak Show Tent. We started with a ride on the ferris wheel. We checked out the fun house. I showed the girls […]
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This summer I have had the pleasure of volunteering in the gardens at Fort Edmonton. Although the gardens are beautiful, I hadn’t paid as much attention to them as I had to the buildings before. Spending time weeding them gave me a chance to get to know them a little better. The first garden was […]
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We just got back from visiting relatives in Saskatchewan, including my cousin Michelle who is a beekeeper. Her company Zee Bee Honey produces honey and bees wax candles which she sells at farmer’s markets and in stores around Regina. Jasmine took an interest in Michelle’s bee keeping operation and suited up to check out the […]
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The final week of The Local Good’s 31 Days of Edmonton Challenge has drawn to a close. I’ve enjoyed sharing my Edmonton experiences and reading about what others are up to around Edmonton. Here is how I ended the month off. July 21 On July 21st I tweeted a photo of dinner. The lettuce and […]
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This is the third week of The Local Good’s 31 Days of Yeg Challenge. I’ve been playing along since the contest launched. It’s been fun reading everyone’s stories of Edmonton in the #31DaysofYeg Twitter stream and it has encouraged me to blog more consistently. Here is what I did last week for 31 Days of […]
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Paris and I watched the K Days Parade the other day. I have never been to K Days, but I hear it has been going through an identity crisis, and has undergone several name changes. I know it is a big fair, but I wasn’t able to figure out what makes it different from other […]
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I’m participating in The Local Good’s 31 Days of Yeg this month. Everyday I share something about my experiences in Edmonton in a tweet with the hashtag #31daysofYEG. In true self-directed learner fashion I’ve hacked the rules a little bit – I am casting my net a little wider than the 31 choices suggested by […]
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Now that the summer is here things have slowed down and I am catching up on the the things that get shuffled to the sides of the to-do list when things are busy. I have been cooking more, and using my battered blue recipe binder more often. Rifling through the pages is like flipping through […]
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Although #clmooc 2014 has been running for about a month, I haven’t had a chance to play until yesterday. I’ve been getting the emails, and reading some of the tweets, but when #clmooc started I was too busy, and when the school year ended I took two weeks almost totally away from the computer. I’m […]
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I am participating in The Local Good’s #31DaysofYEG Challenge (yeg is local slang for Edmonton, based on the airport code for Edmonton International Airport). As they say on their site: “The Local Good is challenging you to take some time this summer to go out of your way to engage in the city in new […]
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This year we watched the Canada Day fireworks from Victoria Park Road. We had a great view of the High Level Bridge for the official debut of Light the Bridge and the fireworks. Plus we got to watch the human theatre as people arrived and set up to watch the show. We had to wait […]
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On June 25th I hosted a Twitter Chat about Collaboration for the Post Etmooc Community. The chat took place just before the school year ended and I took some time away from the computer (yea haw!!) so it took me a while to Storify the chat. It’s a mistake I won’t make again, so much […]
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On June 23rd The Centre for Global Education held a symposium for Edmonton Public Schools (EPSB) to celebrate and honour the work of EPSB students and to look at what next year will bring. Terry and Maureen did a fantastic job with the event. I took photos and live Tweeted as the symposium got underway. […]
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My friend Karne whenever you turn Zombie (which has been quite a few times in the short time I have known you) I imagine you knitting, rocking and knitting, a bit like my Nana Burgeron but more grotesque and rotting, the kind of knitting where one needle is larger than the other one and it […]
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I’ve been away from the game working all day, watching from the corner of my eye as the game evolved and the zombie plague spread. Impressed, as always by my Nana Burgeron who is kicking #zombie butt (pardon my language Nana, but you are!) I’m worried about Robin Wb, but so far she is holding […]
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