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It’s Your Choice…You Choose
I have been thinking a lot about the importance of choice lately. Recently, I ran into the parent of a child I previously taught, and it reminded me of a moment when I gave an answer to her child...
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On Being Learners and Being Teachers
One afternoon last week, my students were the teachers. They were the ones who “knew” and they shared what they knew with people who “didn’t know”. It was a moment when the roles were switched. It...
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BYOD For Six-Year-Olds
I have long been fascinated with the idea of “bring your own device” (BYOD). Most schools cannot afford to provide laptops, iPads or any other device for every student. Allowing students to bring...
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Kids Teaching Kids
For a long time, I’ve known that kids learn best from other kids, and I’ve tried to incorporate this into what we do in my classroom. Last year, I taught what I thought were some great lessons about...
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Writing Back to School Letters
Everyone Likes Letters! Last year I mentioned on Twitter that I had just finished writing letters to my students-to-be. Someone asked me to share the letter, which I did. I was surprised at how many...
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Salamanders, Toads and the Power of Connecting
I am so sold on the power of connected learning. Earlier this month, Discovery Education had a special live broadcast about amphibians. I knew my students would be interested and Karen Lirenman, who...
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Whose Conference Is It Anyhow?
A few weeks ago, some of my students and I made this short video to show how they feel about blogging. It’s also in my soon-to-be-released book. (End of commercial, I promise.) What does a blog have...
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The Journey to “Connected From the Start”
Eight years ago, I started out on a journey to open up my classroom and to connect it with the world. Today is a big day in that journey. My book, Connected From the Start: Global Learning in the...
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My First Year of One to One: A Reflection
A little over a year ago, I won a contest from Best Buy Canada. The contest asked applicants to write about what they would purchase at Best Buy if they had any amount up to $20 000 to spend. Since it...
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“Connected From the Start” is Now Free
Five years ago I wrote an eBook about the ways that my six-year-old students and I jumped into the opportunities provided by the Internet to connect with people and classrooms around the world....
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