Teacher 2.0

Outta This World

thecleversheep@gmail.com — Wed, 4 Nov 2009 21:36:00 GMT

Just Another Day

thecleversheep@gmail.com — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 18:16:00 GMT

Tech 20: Lunchtime Mini-Workshops

thecleversheep@gmail.com — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 01:32:00 GMT

Celebrating Gifts at Thanksgiving

thecleversheep@gmail.com — Fri, 9 Oct 2009 16:54:00 GMT

Media Production with At Risk Students

thecleversheep@gmail.com — Mon, 5 Oct 2009 16:45:00 GMT

Can You Help Me Make a 3 Foot Putt?

thecleversheep@gmail.com — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 16:26:00 GMT

Paper Crushes Student

thecleversheep@gmail.com — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 16:22:00 GMT

A New Home

thecleversheep@gmail.com — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 11:12:00 GMT

Re-Imagining Education: Part 1

thecleversheep@gmail.com — Tue, 7 Jul 2009 00:33:00 GMT

#iranelection

thecleversheep@gmail.com — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 12:02:00 GMT

The Origins of Grading

thecleversheep@gmail.com — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 12:00:00 GMT

Delicious Roundup

thecleversheep@gmail.com — Tue, 2 Jun 2009 11:29:00 GMT

Google Getting Things Done

thecleversheep@gmail.com — Thu, 28 May 2009 11:55:00 GMT

The Open Exam

thecleversheep@gmail.com — Mon, 25 May 2009 12:03:00 GMT

Old Time Radio... In the Classroom

thecleversheep@gmail.com — Fri, 22 May 2009 12:12:00 GMT

Class Wish

thecleversheep@gmail.com — Wed, 13 May 2009 16:30:00 GMT

Collaboration: Top Ten Trends

thecleversheep@gmail.com — Mon, 4 May 2009 12:04:00 GMT

Skills for the Mediascape

thecleversheep@gmail.com — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 12:15:00 GMT

Treasure Hunting with Monsters

thecleversheep@gmail.com — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 21:06:00 GMT

DI in Online Learning

thecleversheep@gmail.com — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 12:10:00 GMT

Educhat Revisited

thecleversheep@gmail.com — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 12:00:00 GMT

Passing Notes in Class... Publicly!

thecleversheep@gmail.com — Thu, 9 Apr 2009 11:58:00 GMT

Customer Service Tweets

thecleversheep@gmail.com — Mon, 6 Apr 2009 00:50:00 GMT

Tired of Playing Donkey Kong

thecleversheep@gmail.com — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 16:30:00 GMT

A Few Good Wikis

thecleversheep@gmail.com — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 20:00:00 GMT

The Power of Choice

thecleversheep@gmail.com — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 12:04:00 GMT

Some Things Never Change

thecleversheep@gmail.com — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 16:20:00 GMT

Twitter on the Brain

thecleversheep@gmail.com — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 12:00:00 GMT

Drop.io

thecleversheep@gmail.com — Thu, 5 Mar 2009 22:03:00 GMT

The PICOL Project

thecleversheep@gmail.com — Thu, 5 Mar 2009 14:58:00 GMT

Educhat

thecleversheep@gmail.com — Wed, 4 Mar 2009 13:01:00 GMT

3 Schools: 1 Teacher: 2 Cool

thecleversheep@gmail.com — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 23:35:00 GMT

What We can Learn from the Oscars

Tue, 24 Feb 2009 12:22:00 GMT

Bluetooth in the Classrooom

thecleversheep@gmail.com — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 12:38:00 GMT

Learning in Conversation

thecleversheep@gmail.com — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 13:00:00 GMT

Twitter for Teachers: The e-Book

thecleversheep@gmail.com — Mon, 9 Feb 2009 13:00:00 GMT

Making Backups of Backups

thecleversheep@gmail.com — Thu, 5 Feb 2009 17:15:00 GMT

12 Changes

thecleversheep@gmail.com — Wed, 4 Feb 2009 13:04:00 GMT

Creative Commons Chaos

thecleversheep@gmail.com — Mon, 2 Feb 2009 12:22:00 GMT

5 Learning Trends for Students & Teachers Alike

thecleversheep@gmail.com — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 12:59:00 GMT

5 Learning Trends for 2009

Creative Commons: What Every Educator Needs to Know

thecleversheep@gmail.com — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 13:10:00 GMT

For the slideshare presentation that accompanies this audio, visit the slides at:

Creative Commons: What Every Educator Needs to Know

Exams & Educon: Competing Ideals

thecleversheep@gmail.com — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 13:20:00 GMT

An Inauguration for the World

thecleversheep@gmail.com — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 13:16:00 GMT

As the Pendulum Swings

thecleversheep@gmail.com — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 01:59:00 GMT

Teaching on Many Channels

Thu, 15 Jan 2009 13:00:00 GMT

Consolidation...

thecleversheep@gmail.com — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 13:05:00 GMT

Mobile Phone Teleportation

Thu, 8 Jan 2009 03:36:00 GMT

What Educators Need to Know About Twitter

Tue, 6 Jan 2009 12:26:00 GMT

A New Year for Educational Conversations

Sat, 3 Jan 2009 14:31:00 GMT

If you have a habit of listening to this podcast on this site, I'd like to invite you to consider visiting www.thecleversheep.com where from now on, I'll be embedding Teacher 2.0 Podcasts. Alternately, you can subscribe to the show on iTunes.

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Ontario Meetup: Teaching and Learning on Our Own

thecleversheep@gmail.com — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 23:48:00 GMT

Questions for Consideration:
Do you have any New Year's Resolutions regarding your own professional learning?
Do you participate in online PD?
Do you learn by yourself, or with others?
Would you like to join Ontario educators in teaching & learning?

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Where are all the High School Teachers?

thecleversheep@gmail.com — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 12:23:00 GMT

Questions for Consideration:
Is change more likely in elementary, secondary or post-secondary education?
Is the culture of secondary school resistant to change?

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Community, Collaboration & Conversation with Amber MacArthur

thecleversheep@gmail.com — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 23:54:00 GMT

Questions for Consideration:
What aspects of new media need to be addressed in education?
Have you attended any of the Western Regional Computer Advisory Committee symposia?
Have you heard or read or seen the work of Amber MacArthur?

Related Websites:
AmberMac.com
CommandN
Net@Night
Western RCAC Symposium
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Interviewing from the Batter's Box

thecleversheep@gmail.com — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 12:58:00 GMT

Questions for Consideration:
Have you been to an interview lately?
What tips would you like to share with interviewees?
What metaphor would you use for the experience of going for an interview?

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Moving On?

thecleversheep@gmail.com — Mon, 8 Dec 2008 12:53:00 GMT

Questions for Consideration:
When was the last time you were in an interview?
Was technology allowed/encouraged?
How might interviews best allow candidates to demonstrate their leadership skills?
What are the most important characteristics in an educational leader?

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Western RCAC Symposium
Rodd's e-Portfolio
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Parent-Teacher-Student Conferences

thecleversheep@gmail.com — Fri, 5 Dec 2008 12:55:00 GMT

Questions for Consideration:
When was the last time you attended a parent-teacher conference?
What did you like or dislike about the experience?
Have you ever hosted a family conference?
Have you ever considered have your students host their parents for a tour of your classroom?

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Virtual Speaker Directory

thecleversheep@gmail.com — Wed, 3 Dec 2008 12:30:00 GMT

Questions for Consideration:
If you could bring any guest into your classroom, who would you bring?
Have you ever considered bringing in virtual guest speakers?
What barriers exist for having long distance guests?
How might we create a K-12 database of long distance guest speakers?

Related Websites:
VROC: Virtual Researchers on Call
MERLOT Virtual Speakers Bureau

iChat
USTREAM.tv
Google Video Chat
Skype
OoVoo
WiZiQ: Anyone can teach/learn Live, Online

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Guest Speaker Directory on TheCleverSheep Blog

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Getting 3-Dimensional with Google SketchUp

thecleversheep@gmail.com — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 12:39:00 GMT

Questions for Consideration:
What types of design tasks are undertaken by your students?
Have you ever had students create virtual models?
Did you know kids young and old can design 3-D works and that they can combine them in creating virtual worlds?

Related Websites:
Download Google SketchUp
A Demo of Google SketchUp
Guzman Tierno's Lesson Blog
Lesson Worksheets for SketchUp Classes
Individual Student Creations
A Video Tour: Final Class Project
10 Great Ways to Harness Google SketchUp

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Game Systems in the Classroom

thecleversheep@gmail.com — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 03:59:00 GMT

Questions for Consideration:
Is there a place for games in the classroom? If not, Why not?
Do members of your family play video games at home? Which ones?
What about a place for modern gaming systems?
Are there specific games you've played that might be suitable for use by students?

Related Websites:
Mr. Robbo's Cell Phone Project
Mr. Robbo's Nintendo DS Post
Jog the Web: Jarrod's game links for this story
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Electronic Portfolios: A Conversation

thecleversheep@gmail.com — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 02:13:00 GMT

Questions for Consideration:
Have you ever kept or required your students to keep portfolios of their work?
Is there a 21st century parallel to this skill?
Which read/write tools are most suitable for consideration as host sites for 'electronic portfolios'?

Related Websites:
The Golden Fleece Wiki: e-Portfolio Resources
CarbonMade.com
Kevin Van Lierop on Twitter
KVL - Photographer at Large
University of Western Ontario
Fanshawe College
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Impossible 2 Possible

thecleversheep@gmail.com — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 12:44:00 GMT

Questions for Consideration:
Do you or your students ever broadcast live to the web?
What expeditions have your students been involved with?
Have you ever participated in an adventure 'remotely'?
Are you or your students interested in learning about tectonics, Antarctic dinosaurs, human physiology, sleep cycles in a land without nighttime and more?

Related Websites:
Impossible 2 Possible
South Pole Quest
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Ray interviewed by George on "The Hour"
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Lonely Girl 15 Comes to the Classroom

thecleversheep@gmail.com — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 13:00:00 GMT

Questions for Consideration:
Have you ever heard of 'CyberDrama'?
Surely you know of "Lonely Girl 15"?
Would you ever consider using social media to teach drama?

Related Websites:
Making Connections Nic Mobbs' Blog
CyberDrama.org Sue Davis' site
CyberDrama on WikiSpaces
Lonely Girl 15 Universe
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Being 'Hippocratical'

theclevesheep@gmail.com — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 13:01:00 GMT

Questions for Consideration:
What do you remember about your faculty of education graduation?
Was there any special rite of passage that you remember?
If not? Why not?
What type of ceremony would be appropriate to remind graduates that the calling to be a teacher is one that bears great responsibility?

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Welcome to the Profession
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The Social Media Episode

thecleversheep@gmail.com — Fri, 7 Nov 2008 13:00:00 GMT

Questions for Consideration:
Do you participate in social media?
What form of participation is most comfortable (text, audio, video, photo)?
How does social networking compare with social media?
Is there a place for social media in the classroom? Why? Why not?
Are there examples of the use of social media that you can share?

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Twitter in the Classroom

thecleversheep@gmail.com — Wed, 5 Nov 2008 02:47:00 GMT

Questions for Consideration:
Do you use Twitter yourself?
Would you ever consider using it with your students?

Related Websites:
Georgia Southern University
Twitter
Barbara Nixon on Twitter
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Climbing Down the Pyramid

thecleversheep@gmail.com — Mon, 3 Nov 2008 13:10:00 GMT

Questions for Consideration:
Where does Change come from?
Where do Leaders come from?
How do you lead in the work that you're doing from the grassroots?

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Twitter
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The Digital Quilt

thecleversheep@gmail.com — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 20:25:00 GMT

Questions for Consideration:
What happens when you ask your PLN for help?
How would you represent PEACE in a photo?
Do you ever participate in projects through the Internet?
Is there something out there we can use to....

Related Websites:
Making it Happen
Flickr Toys
The Peace Quilt on WikiSpaces
Follow the project via Chris Harbeck on Twitter
Remembrance Day
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Going Mobile!

thecleversheep@gmail.com — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 12:15:00 GMT

Questions for Consideration:
Are cell phones banned by your school/district/board?
How might mobile technologies be leveraged for educational use?
Do you have a story to share regarding the use of such technologies in your classroom?

Related Websites:
VCE Outdoor & Environmental Studies (the class blog)
Jarrod Robinson's Blog
How did he do it? Jarrod's WebMap Courtesy of TrailFire
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Do You Skype?

thecleversheep@gmail.com — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 18:06:00 GMT

Questions for Consideration:
Do you Skype?
If so, for what purposes?
Do you leverage Skype to bring experts into your classroom?

Related Websites:
Skype
The Clever Sheep
Maru's e-Learning Blog
Mr. Robbo's Blog
Royal Military College
Twitter Folks in this Story: Blanche Maynard, Jagill, Marudelcampo

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What's the Big Idea?

thecleversheep@gmail.com — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 12:09:00 GMT

Questions for Consideration:
Have you ever had a really 'big' idea?
What steps did you take to bring it to life?
My latest idea is about sharing national expertise with new teachers...
Would broadcasts to faculties of education work? Why? Why not?

Related Websites:
Sudbury e-Learning Symposium
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Leveraging Web Tools to Build a Symposium

thecleversheep@gmail.com — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 10:57:00 GMT

Questions for Consideration:
What does networking look like, sound like, feel like?
What tools would you use to plan a conference/symposium?
How can you maintain the momentum after an event?

Related Websites:
London Region e-Learning Symposium
Desire2Learn
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Networking as an Intentional By-Product

thecleversheep@gmail.com — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 01:47:00 GMT

Questions for Consideration:
What is the best thing about a conference experience?
How can you ensure that symposium attendees maximize the benefits of networking?

Related Websites:
London Region e-Learning Symposium
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Old Rules: New Tools

thecleversheep@gmail.com — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 14:08:00 GMT

Questions for Consideration:
What 20th century artifacts are still evident in your school/classroom?
What makes your classroom distinctively 21st century?

Related Websites:
Stephen Heppel: It Simply isn't the 20th Century Any More Is It? Why Should We Teach As Though It Was?
Golf according to Wikipedia
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All the Tech You Need to Know, You Learned in Kindergarten

thecleversheep@gmail.com — Thu, 9 Oct 2008 11:45:00 GMT

Questions for Consideration:
What did you learn in Kindergarten that applies to the use of technology?

Related Websites:
Robert Fulgham's site
All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten
The Book, on Amazon.com
London e-Learning Symposium
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The Magic of EMBED Code

thecleversheep@gmail.com — Wed, 8 Oct 2008 11:51:00 GMT

Questions for Consideration:
Have you ever noticed the word on a web service?
Do you manage a wiki, a blog, a website, an online course?
Where might you want to embed content?

Related Websites:
Services you can EMBED
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Stars and Webs in the Walled Garden

thecleversheep@gmail.com — Tue, 7 Oct 2008 12:20:00 GMT

Questions for Consideration:
What diagram would result if you were to sketch the learning connections within your course/class?
What are the most valuable learning connections your students will make?
Do you plan for your students to make connections to ideas and resources outside of the classroom?
What collaborative tools do you use to encourage networking among your students?

Related Websites:
CCK08
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Let's Do a Title Page!

thecleversheep@gmail.com — Mon, 6 Oct 2008 12:01:00 GMT

Questions for Consideration:
Under what circumstances do you create 'title pages'?
Can this task be a valid learning experience?
Does it make sense to use title pages for assessment?

Related Websites:
Wikipedia's Title Page definition may need updating!
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SlideSharing

thecleversheep@gmail.com — Fri, 3 Oct 2008 12:00:00 GMT

Questions for Consideration:
Do you have presentations that you'd like to share with a wider audience?
Have you considered embedding in websites/wikis for viewing?

Related Websites:
SlideShare
Rodd's Academic Integrity Slideshow
Google Presentations via Google Docs
SlideRocket
PowerPoint: More than Electronic Chalk

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Academic Integrity in the 21st Century

thecleversheep@gmail.com — Thu, 2 Oct 2008 11:55:00 GMT

Questions for Consideration:
Where in the world is cheating commonplace?
So just how are kids 'cheating' in the 21st century?
If your tests and assignments are 'cheatable' who's to blame?

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Creative Commons
Flickr's Creative Commons
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The Cure for the Hiccups

thecleversheep@gmail.com — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 11:54:00 GMT

Questions for Consideration:
How do you cure the hiccups?
Do you have metaphoric hiccups in your professional teaching/learning?
How do you break the routine to remind yourself what's important?

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Spore!

thecleversheep@gmail.com — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 12:00:00 GMT

Questions for Consideration:
Do you have novel ways to teach about evolution or adaptation?
Have you seen the world of Spore yet?

Related Websites:
Spore Creature Creator Site
Free Trial: Creature Creator
Extreme Ostrich Makeover
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When Paralysis Strikes

thecleversheep@gmail.com — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 11:07:00 GMT

Questions for Consideration:
Have you ever had the sense that you were unable to move?
Who is there to 'nudge' you into activity or unlock you from the paralysis of being unable to act?

Related Websites:
Sleep Paralysis
Locked In Syndrome
The Patient's Journey: Living with locked-in Syndrome
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Testing... Testing... How do the Numbers Help Us?

thecleversheep@gmail.com — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 00:10:00 GMT

Questions for Consideration:
Do your Schools get 'graded' publicly in the newspaper?
Is there a good reason for publishing school and board scores?
What other school stories are more worthy of 'ink'?

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Meet the Teacher Night

thecleversheep@gmail.com — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 11:15:00 GMT

Questions for Consideration:
Does your school have a 'Meet the Teacher' night? A social? A barbecue?
Why do we do it the way we do? Is it effective?
What suggestions would you make for an introduction to your child's classroom?

Related Websites:
A Randomly Chosen Principal's Blog
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Spasms in Connectivism (CCK08)

thecleversheep@gmail.com — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 12:01:00 GMT

Questions for Consideration:
What is the difference between a Collective; Connective; Constructive?
Is information really found 'in connections'?
How do you connect your ideas to those of others?
Are participants in CCK08 actually connecting? How do we know?

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http://everythingtwitter.com/
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Which Came First? The Tool or the Task?

thecleversheep@gmail.com — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 11:33:00 GMT

Questions for Consideration:
Which came first, the tool or the task?
How do you act as a steady drizzle to share the best uses of technology in your classroom?
Where do you go, when you're looking for a tech tool to meet a given need?

Related Websites:
Delicious
Twitter
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Rodd's "All Dog Ball Club"
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Parallel Processing vs Just-in-Time Learning

thecleversheep@gmail.com — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 12:10:00 GMT

Questions for Consideration:
Are you familiar with the Story of the Geese?
Have you ever considered that much of traditional school calls for students work in 'parallel'?
How do you ensure your students possess collaborative skills?
Which skills do you teach 'just-in-time'?

Related Websites:
The Geese Story
Clickers
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Creative Thinking in a Chinese Restaurant

thecleversheep@gmail.com — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 10:55:00 GMT

Questions for Consideration:
This week, I saw creative thinking at the Golden Wok Restaurant...
Where did you last see effective ideas break the mold?
Is there anything we can learn from seeing problems as opportunities?

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Do Lurkers Realize their Potential?

thecleversheep@gmail.com — Mon, 8 Sep 2008 11:23:00 GMT

Questions for Consideration:
How would you define lurking?
What are the benefits of being a spectator participant as opposed to an active participant?
What are the benefits of being an active member of the network?

Related Websites:
Working with Online Learning Communities
Will Lurkers Share Their Cognitive Surplus?
CCK08
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Networking and the Benefits of Metcalfe's Law

thecleversheep@gmail.com — Fri, 5 Sep 2008 11:45:00 GMT

Questions for Consideration:
How many handshakes are possible in a group of 7?
How effective is your personal learning network?
Do you believe that one key person can increase the potential of your network... exponentially?

Related Websites:
Metcalfe's Law
Twine
SecondLife
CCK08 Introductions Page
CCK08 Participant Map
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Give Yourself Homework!

thecleversheep@gmail.com — Wed, 3 Sep 2008 11:42:00 GMT

Questions for Consideration:
Do you assign homework? Why? Why not?
Is homework 'assessable'?
Have you ever considered giving yourself some homework?
Would you consider joining educators from around the world in a 'free' course? Connectivism and Connective Knowledge is getting ready to roll!

Related Websites:
School Boards to Study Homework Question
Connectivism Wiki
CCK08 links
Register for CCK08
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Many Learners: One Computer: No Teacher

thecleversheep@gmail.com — Tue, 2 Sep 2008 11:57:00 GMT

Questions for Consideration:
It's 'Back-to-School' season... Did you get the kids off to school safely?
How rich is your classroom setup?
Is the number of computers or the time available for access important in student learning?
Have you heard of the Hole-in-the-Wall experiments?

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Subscribe to Teacher 2.0 on iTunes
The Hole in the Wall Project

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Who Does Google Think You Are?

thecleversheep@gmail.com — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 17:11:00 GMT

Questions for Consideration:
Have you ever Googled yourself?
Were you surprised by what you found?
How can you ensure that when parents Google you, that they find that a professional educator is in their child's classroom?

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School is Not a Place!

thecleversheep@gmail.com — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 02:44:00 GMT

Questions for Consideration:
Are you back at school yet?
Why is School such a 'dirty' word?
Should it be a four letter word? SKUL perhaps?
What barriers exist that cause school to be seen as a place so many folks don't want to be?
What pressures exist in a school that prevent teachers from taking risks in using new tools, or in having their students engage in rich tasks?

Related Websites:
Rich Performance Tasks
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Teachers Finding Teachers

thecleversheep@gmail.com — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 13:12:00 GMT

Questions for Consideration:
Where do you go when you want to work on a collaborative project?
Do your students have opportunities to work with students in other schools?
Are you looking for a launch page for your web content or for a space to share workshop resources?

Related Websites:
TeachersConnecting.com
http://homepagestartup.com/
http://thecleversheep.homepagestartup.com/

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Top Ten Tech Tools (Summer 2008)

thecleversheep@gmail.com — Fri, 8 Aug 2008 14:49:00 GMT

Questions for Consideration:
What would you include in the top tech tools for teaching and learning?
Which of the tools any of the tools in my list

Related Websites:
Subscribe to Teacher 2.0 on iTunes
The Clever Sheep's Top Ten Tech Tools
The Centre for Learning and Performance Technologies

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A Thousand Splendid Suns

thecleversheep@gmail.com — Thu, 7 Aug 2008 20:24:00 GMT

Questions for Consideration:
What great summer reads can you recommend?

Related Websites:
A Thousand Splendid Suns
Brain Rules
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Getting Things Done

thecleversheep@gmail.com — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 12:05:00 GMT

Questions for Consideration:
Do you feel stress about whether or not you can 'Git 'r Done'?
In you work life (and home life), how do you ensure that you 'Get Things Done'?
Do you have a system for collecting and organizing your 'To Do' items by context?

Related Websites:
Easy Task Manager
I Want Sandy
Getting Things Done (David Allen)
43 Folders (Merlin Mann's Productivity Hacks)
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Twitter: The Elevator to Conversion

thecleversheep@gmail.com — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 16:36:00 GMT

Questions for Consideration:
What do you love/hate about Twitter?
Do you have any vision for the further development of this tool?
How can more educators become engaged in learning about technology?

Related Websites:
To Tweet or Not to Tweet? (Rodd Lucier)
What I Hate About Twitter (Will Richardson)
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Paperclips and Golf Balls

thecleversheep@gmail.com — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 12:44:00 GMT

Questions for Consideration:
Have you ever seen 6 million of anything?
How do you teach 'tolerance'?
Maybe you have yet to hear about the Paperclip Project in Whitwell Tennessee?

Related Websites:
Paper Clips Project
Whitwell Elementary School
Operation Paperclip
Railcar memorial
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Twins on Tech

thecleversheep@gmail.com — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 12:12:00 GMT

What's it all about?
Would you like to meet my twin brother Todd? No kidding!
In this first of what promises to be many recorded conversations on technology, Rodd and Todd wax poetic on the newly launched iPhone 3G.

Related Websites:
Northern Edge Agonquin
Apple's iPhone 3G
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Mobilizing and Google Going Social

thecleversheep@gmail.com — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 11:21:00 GMT

Questions for Consideration:
How do you keep up-to-date with new developments in technology?
Which Google Tools do you recommend?
Do you use Twitter yet?

Related Websites:
Subscribe to Teacher 2.0 on iTunes
Google Goes Social

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Podcasting with iPhone and Twitter

thecleversheep@gmail.com — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 14:44:00 GMT

Questions for Consideration:
Is the iPhone a phone that computes; or a computer that makes phone calls?
What iPhone apps are you using?
Do you have any ideas for how a handheld computer can be used in the classroom?

Related Websites:
Apple iPhone
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Google Gadgets and the Power of RSS

thecleversheep@gmail.com — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 13:12:00 GMT

Questions for Consideration:
Do you use RSS? Do you know what RSS is all about?
Did you know that searches of Google News and Google Blogs can be subscribed to?
Maybe you have yet to hear about Google's new virtual world, or about 'Sketch-up' that can be used to render virtual 3-D items...

Related Websites:
RSS in Plain English by Common Craft
Google Reader
Google Blog Search
Google News
Google Finance
Google Sketchup
Google's New Virtual World: Lively
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Historic Wisdom in Teeth

thecleversheep@gmail.com — Wed, 9 Jul 2008 16:11:00 GMT

Questions for Consideration:
How do our past experiences colour our present and future experiences?
How do we gain 'wisdom' from Experience?
Have you seen WALL-E? If so, What did you think of it?

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Universal Designs and Handicapping

thecleversheep@gmail.com — Mon, 7 Jul 2008 11:09:00 GMT

Questions for Consideration:
What forms of recreation do you have on tap for this summer?
Are you familiar with the concept of 'universal design'?
What methods of handicapping do you use in your classroom?

Related Websites:
Subscribe to Teacher 2.0 on iTunes
http://thecleversheep.com
CAST: Universal Designs for Learning

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Engaging the Power of the Creative Commons

thecleversheep@gmail.com — Tue, 1 Jul 2008 17:43:00 GMT

Questions for Consideration:
How do you teach your students about copyright?
Have you considered using Creative Commons licensing for your own content?

Related Websites:
Licensing the Mountie
Is your iPod breaking the law in Canada?
Little Brother (free download of the text version from Corey Doctorow)
Craphound (other Creative Commons licensed content by Corey Doctorow)
Boing Boing
Lawrence Lessig's Blog
Lawrence Lessig at TED
Creative Commons
Flickr's Creative Commons
How to use Flickr's Creative Commons (video tutorial)
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Attending NECC from the Cottage

thecleversheep@gmail.com — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 14:09:00 GMT

Questions for Consideration:
Do you do professional learning in the summer?
How do you access the world wide web from the cottage or other vacation venues?
What good reading are you enjoying early on in the summer?

Related Websites:
Ed TV http://edtv.wikispaces.com/
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International Learning Relationships

thecleversheep@gmail.com — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 12:07:00 GMT

Questions for Consideration:
Where in the world are you?
Do you have any international mail in your inbox?

Related Websites:
Subscribe to Teacher 2.0 on iTunes
The Clever Sheep Blog: http://thecleversheep.com
Romanian Micro-blogging Tool:www.cirip.ro

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Speaker's Corner

thecleversheep@gmail.com — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 01:11:00 GMT

Questions for Consideration:
What are you doing this summer?
Are you interested in participating in an asynchronous conversation?

Related Websites:
Speaker's Corner
http://thecleversheep.blogspot.com/2008/06/summer-fun-with-seesmic.html
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We are 'People' First

thecleversheep@gmail.com — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 12:10:00 GMT

Questions for Consideration:
In building relationships all year round... the 'people' are the story!
What are your summer plans?
Are there any events on your calendar that are highlighted?

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CCK08: A Model for the Future of Education

thecleversheep@gmail.com — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 11:11:00 GMT

Questions for Consideration:
Are you a lifelong learner?
Where do you do your continual learning?
Is it important for like-minded learners to connect with one another?

Related Websites:
Connectivism and Connective Knowledge Wiki
Connectivism and Connective Knowledge Blog
CCK08 Sign-up
Teacher 2.0 on iTunes Subscribe to this show...
Walking the Talk A recent blog post on this learning event
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Cell Phone Ubiquity and Online Tools

thecleversheep@gmail.com — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 11:10:00 GMT

Questions for Consideration:
Do you use your cell phone for anything beyond making phone calls?
What web resource makes the best cell phone prosthesis?

Related Websites:
Top 10 Cell Phone Resources
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Education in the News

thecleversheep@gmail.com — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 11:31:00 GMT

Questions for Consideration:
What is newsworthy about what goes on in classrooms?
Are test scores used for goal-setting in your district? Are there more important ways to measure the success of our schools?
What types of school events should be celebrated in the media?

Related Websites:
www.wakerupper.com

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The e-Learning Picnic

thecleversheep@gmail.com — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 03:25:00 GMT

This podcast consists of interviews of attendees at AMDEC's year-end picnic and recognition ceremony (Spring 2008)

Questions for Consideration:
Have you ever taken a course or taught a course, where you never physically met with the class participants?
How can relationships be built among teachers and students in the virtual world?

Related Websites:
Avon-Maitland Distance Education Centre (AMDEC)
Stratford, Ontario
Stratford Festival

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Online Tools for Educators: PDF Editors and a few GeoTag sites

thecleversheep@gmail.com — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 11:21:00 GMT

Great Online Tools for Educators

Online PDF Editors
Fill in a PDF form: http://www.pdffiller.com/
Copy text from a PDF: http://www.pdftextonline.com
Edit a PDF document: http://www.pdfescape.com/
Shuffle large PDF document pages: http://www.pdfhammer.com
Create PDFs http://www.primopdf.com to create non mac?

GeoStamped Photo Tools
Your photos on the globe: http://www.Trippermap.com
Geostamped images from around the globe:http://www.Flickrvision.com

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Choice Matters!

thecleversheep@gmail.com — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 11:15:00 GMT

Questions for Consideration:
How can we assess what students understand beyond paper and pencil?
Do you value your daily observations at least as much as what a student writes down?

Related Websites:
Exams as Circumstantial Evidence

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The iPhone Computer

thecleversheep@gmail.com — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 11:17:00 GMT

Questions for Consideration:
How can the iPhone or similar technology change education?
How long will it take before prices make such a tool affordable in classrooms?
How long will it take before teachers are comfortable using such a tool?

Related Websites:
New iPhone eh!
www.apple.ca/iphone
Play by Play from Mac Rumors Live
Photos only at Mac Rumors Live
Social Networking via Loopt

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The Race Matters More than the Result

thecleversheep@gmail.com — Mon, 9 Jun 2008 11:35:00 GMT

Questions for Consideration:
What are we willing to do as classroom coaches in order to achieve an end result?
What can we learn from the athletic news of the day?
How can we ensure that the journey is valued at least as much as the destination?

Related Websites:
Big Brown Left Alone
Blurry Memories of a Fabulous Finish

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Fun, Free & Functional: 6 Online Audio Tools

Fri, 6 Jun 2008 04:27:00 GMT

Questions for Consideration:
Which online audio tools do you use?
Are there any you care to share?

Related Websites:
Muxtape: Free mixtape development for online sharing
VoiceThread: post photos and video and append commentary in text, audio or video
CCMixter: Create creative commons music mixes with free samples.
Zamzar: Free File conversion (documents, audio, video, photo...)
Orgoo: Free video chat tool
Adobe ConnectNow: Use the server space courtesy of Adobe to run your online meetings.

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Many Kids: One Ball

thecleversheep@gmail.com — Tue, 3 Jun 2008 11:42:00 GMT

Questions for Consideration:
Have you been to a children's soccer game lately?
Did you notice anything about the amount of activity?
How does this "many kids: one ball" model compare to the classroom?

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Photo Credit: Jonathan C.

The Edupunk Episode

thecleversheep@gmail.com — Mon, 2 Jun 2008 12:03:00 GMT

Questions for Consideration:
Are you an Edupunk?
Is there a more flattering term for the creative, non-traditional teacher?
How do we engage in discussions about the need for change in education?

Related Websites:
Learning to Change Video

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Photo Credit: D'Arcy Norman

5 Great Social Networking Links

thecleversheep@gmail.com — Fri, 30 May 2008 12:09:00 GMT

Questions for Consideration:
Would you be interested in hearing about a few interesting Social Networking links?
Is the sharing of links in the podcast worthwhile?
Are there any types of resources that you are looking for?
Do you have any links worth sharing?

Related Websites:
www.commoncraft.com/socialmedia
www.twine.com
www.molotovalva.com
www.drop.io
www.twitter.com

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On Becoming Non-Linear

thecleversheep@gmail.com — Thu, 29 May 2008 11:50:00 GMT

Questions for Consideration:
How do you learn new skills?
Are you a paper and pencil learner?
Do you have the confidence to muck around in messy trial and error learning?
Are you about following rules? or Are you about creating rules?

Related Websites:
Robotics Links

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A Serious Digital Divide!

thecleversheep@gmail.com — Wed, 28 May 2008 12:08:00 GMT

Questions for Consideration:
Have you witnessed educators struggling with computer basics?
What simple things have thrown you for a loop in using your computer?
Why after having computers in our lives for so long, are basic computer skills still such a barrier to educators?
Is this more discouraging than it should be, or should we be ringing alarm bells?!?

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Achieving the Fourth 'R' through Archeological Twine

thecleversheep@gmail.com — Tue, 27 May 2008 11:30:00 GMT

Questions for Consideration:
Is there something more important that a teacher can do than make connections with learners?
What do you do to build 'relationship' with your students and among your students?
Do your students know anything about you, beyond that you are their teacher?

Related Websites:
Five Year Old Voted Out-of-Kindergarten Class

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7 Minutes of Terror

thecleversheep@gmail.com — Mon, 26 May 2008 12:08:00 GMT

Questions for Consideration:
Did you watch the Mars Phoenix landing?
Will your students be able to access photo, video or Twitter updates?
What are the reasons that such feeds might be blocked to schools? Are such restrictions justifiable?
What needs to be done to ensure that students and teachers have access to the most engaging of current events at school?

Related Websites:
Space Vidcast LIVE (and recorded)
Mars Phoenix on Twitter
Photos from the Phoenix

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Tale of the Tell-tale Toes

thecleversheep@gmail.com — Thu, 22 May 2008 00:45:00 GMT

In this episode, toes come to light in both an observational experiment, and an oral test confession from my university days!

Questions for Consideration:
Have you ever had the opportunity to observe learning or to demonstrate your skills by way of an oral test?
How do you gauge the engagement of learners in a classroom? Did you know that the toes may help to tell the tale?

Related Websites:
Are You a Cruise Director?

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Photo Credits: Billie/PartsnPieces

Intentional Design & Learning Spaces

thecleversheep@gmail.com — Tue, 20 May 2008 20:06:00 GMT

Questions for Consideration:
What does your classroom look like?
How are the desks arranged?
What does the arrangement say about the types of learning experiences that happen in the space?

Related Websites:
Take the classroom desk arrangement challenge... at http://thecleversheep.com

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I'm looking to share photos of classrooms... What does yours look like?
Sometimes I feel guilty about asking the audience to participate... but learning should be conversational!
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Photo Credit: Liz Marie

Back-Channel Buzz: Twitter, TLt, and UStream.tv

thecleversheep@gmail.com — Fri, 16 May 2008 12:16:00 GMT

Questions for Consideration:
Have you ever been to a conference virtually?
Do you ever communicate with a group of people remotely?
Do you allow students to talk to one another during your classes?
What's the most compelling news event you've experienced LIVE? What would your experience have been like to share that event with others 'as it happened'?

Related Websites:
TLt 2008
TLt Live on UStream.tv

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Crowd-Sourcing in the Parking Lot

thecleversheep@gmail.com — Wed, 14 May 2008 12:14:00 GMT

Questions for Consideration:
Have you ever thought that your way of 'parking' may not be the most efficient strategy?
What else do we do in our classrooms out of habit? Are there better ways?
How might 'crowd-sourcing' help solve real world problems in your school?

Related Websites:
Think Outside the Driveway

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What the Research Says...

thecleversheep@gmail.com — Tue, 13 May 2008 12:05:00 GMT

Questions for Consideration:
What are the most successful practices in classroom education?
How do we know?
Is there anything in your current teaching practice that is 'experimental'?
How can we measure its effectiveness?

Related Websites:
Johnny Lee and the Wii-mote
(the 3D effect is at the end of this short video)
Let's Ban Chalk
(a wiki for bringing the world to the chalkboard)

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Bullied Like You

Mon, 12 May 2008 12:12:00 GMT

Questions for Consideration:
Have you ever been bullied?
Is there a good way to respond to bullies?
Are you willing to share your own bullying story?

Related Websites:
A Beautiful Meme
Beyond-School.org

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MediaFest

thecleversheep@gmail.com — Fri, 9 May 2008 12:05:00 GMT

Questions for Consideration:
Do you celebrate the achievement of students? How so?
What types of media are produced by your students?
Beyond paper and pencil: How can learners "Show What they Know"?

Related Websites:
LDCSB MediaFest

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Rodd Lucier via thecleversheep@gmail.com
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The Networking Sheep

thecleversheep@gmail.com — Wed, 7 May 2008 12:10:00 GMT

Questions for Consideration:
What is e-tools do you use to network with colleagues?
How do you spread the word to your colleagues about the value of your Personal Learning Network?

Related Websites:
Twitter.com
Personal Learning Network survey

Contact:
Rodd Lucier via thecleversheep@gmail.com
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Leading Learning

thecleversheep@gmail.com — Tue, 6 May 2008 01:21:00 GMT

Questions for Consideration:
What would happen if teachers were forced to abandon chalk in favour of other technological tools?
What is the most important think about Personal Learning Networks that teachers should take to heart?
What tool would you recommend that teachers first explore in developing a PLN?

Related Websites:
Let's Ban Chalk Workshop wiki page

Contact:
Rodd Lucier via thecleversheep@gmail.com

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Expanding Personal Learning Network

thecleversheep@gmail.com — Sun, 4 May 2008 17:17:00 GMT

First upload of podcast failed. Trying the Coles Notes version.

Participate in a brief survey to expand your personal learning network, and to assist other educators in creating new links!

Survey Link

More at thecleversheep.blogspot.com

Unharnessed Communications Technologies

thecleversheep@gmail.com — Fri, 2 May 2008 12:15:00 GMT

Questions for Consideration:
What technologies do teachers naturally make use of?
Are these tools appropriate for two-way communication?
Which tools are most effective for classroom education? ... for Professional Development?

Related Websites:
Today's parallel post at The Clever Sheep blog
My Thought Experiment (A Creative Commons image)

Contact:
Rodd Lucier via thecleversheep@gmail.com
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Twitter: MSN for Adults

thecleversheep@gmail.com — Thu, 1 May 2008 12:16:00 GMT

Questions for Consideration:
Are you a participant in the global cocktail party that is Twitter?
Why not? Blocked from school? Connecting in other ways?

Related Websites:
Twitter
Tweetscan
Twittearth
Twhirl
Who Should I Follow
The Strength of Weak Ties

Contact:
Rodd Lucier via thecleversheep@gmail.com

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Common Craft Interview Gone Bad

thecleversheep@gmail.com — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 10:51:00 GMT

What's it all about?
Although this interview included plenty of interactive dialogue, my recording failed to capture my voice, and so it's been converted into a monologue of sorts, wherein Lee Lefever discusses the origins of Common Craft paper craft videos; the crafting of effective explanations; where ideas come from; how almost anyone can create content with a message.

* The audio channels mucked up a bit with the left channel disappearing at times, but the messages Lee shares are very pertinent to classrooms of today.

Questions for Consideration:
Which of the Common Craft videos is your favourite? Why?
Do you or your students create in the medium of video? For what purposes? Is there work shared with a wide audience?

Related Websites:
The home of Common Craft and the Common Craft Store
Check out what people are saying about Common Craft on Twitter by searching Tweetscan.

Contact:
Rodd Lucier via thecleversheep@gmail.com

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Cell Phones in the Classroom

thecleversheep@gmail.com — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 12:18:00 GMT

Questions for Consideration:
How might educators leverage cell phone technology in the classroom?
Do your student create audio that is worthy of sharing with a public audience?
How difficult it would be to obtain a 'channel' or 'phone number' to playback recorded audio?

Related Websites:
Cell Phones in the Classroom
Liberty Science Centre (New Jersey, USA)

Contact:
Rodd Lucier via thecleversheep@gmail.com
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Who Learns the Least at School?

thecleversheep@gmail.com — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 11:27:00 GMT

Questions for Consideration:
Do you provide your brightest students opportunities to show what they know before you teach?
Why is giving the test important... before you teach?
Why do we have such large achievement gaps in North America?

Related Websites:
The Centre for Excellence... a few years ago, this is where I promoted gifted education.
Hoagies Gifted Education... one of my favourite resources... parent friendly!
NAGC... the U.S. National Association of Gifted Children

Contact:
Rodd Lucier via thecleversheep@gmail.com
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Learning and Virtual Worlds

thecleversheep@gmail.com — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 11:28:00 GMT

Questions for Consideration:
What can educators learn from computer games?
What is so compelling about living and playing in virtual worlds?
How can we be like game producers, in providing optimal challenges to our students?

Related Websites:
Second Life
Holy Cross High School

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Rodd Lucier via thecleversheep@gmail.com

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Is it Really Earth Day?

thecleversheep@gmail.com — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 12:12:00 GMT

Questions for Consideration:
Is anything happening at your school for Earth Day?

Related Websites:
Toxic Garbage Island
Al Gore at TED
Balloon Tree

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Rodd Lucier via thecleversheep@gmail.com

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Twitter Experiment

thecleversheep@gmail.com — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 12:10:00 GMT

Join the EDUTWIT experiment!

1] Get a Twitter account
2] Tweet: city, country, teaching assignment, EDUTWEET
3] Check www.tweetscan.com to find other Educators

Related Websites:
twitter.com
tweetscan.com

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Restricting Technology = Better Learning Environment ?!

thecleversheep@gmail.com — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 12:11:00 GMT

Questions for Consideration:
How does restricting use of technology, teach students to be discerning, responsible users of technology?
What good news stories about using technology in the classroom, can you share?

Related Websites:
http://lfpress.ca/newsstand/News/Local/2008/04/15/5287346-sun.html

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We Want Your Crayons!

thecleversheep@gmail.com — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 01:49:00 GMT

Questions for Consideration:
What do you do with your slightly used crayons?
Might you, your students, or other members of your learning community, be interested in supporting learners around the world?
A new charity called 'Learning Smiles' offers you a concrete way to lend your support...

Related Websites:
Learning Smiles: www.learningsmiles.ca

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Rodd Lucier via thecleversheep@gmail.com
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Robotic Learning

thecleversheep@gmail.com — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 11:55:00 GMT

Thanks to listener feedback, I'm learning about a number of engaging learning activities are happening in classrooms. In today's show, we explore the potential for robotics, and hint at uses for electronic tablets for assessment for learning; and assessment of learning.

Questions for Consideration:
Will a conscious global machine be more 'justice oriented' than a networked society?
What might this global machine be named?

Related Websites:
Rodd's Robotics Links: http://www.ldcsb.on.ca/schools/cfe/robotics/index.htm
Jocelyn Todd's Robotics Wiki: http://ca7robotics.wikispaces.com/
Jocelyn Todd's Blog: http://midlinkemergingtech.wordpress.com/

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Rodd Lucier via thecleversheep@gmail.com
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Idea Sharing = Shared Learning

thecleversheep@gmail.com — Mon, 7 Apr 2008 12:21:00 GMT

Questions for Consideration:
Are you doing anything the least bit innovative in your classroom? If so, are you sharing your ideas with colleagues?

Related Websites:
Center for Teaching Excellence at West Point
http://www.dean.usma.edu/cte/
McLuhan's Ghost
http://mcluhansghost.blogspot.com/
Diigo
http://diigo.com

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Rodd Lucier via thecleversheep@gmail.com
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An Interactive Podcast?

thecleversheep@gmail.com — Sun, 6 Apr 2008 14:04:00 GMT

Questions for Consideration:
Do you participate in the read/write web as a producer as well as as a consumer?
Can I coax you into making contact to contribute questions, ideas or just to tell us a bit about your teaching situation?

Related Websites:
Audacity: http://audacity.forgenet.com/downloads
Video Tutorial: http://blip.tv/file/804433/

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Putting Testing to the Test

thecleversheep@gmail.com — Fri, 4 Apr 2008 12:15:00 GMT

Questions for Consideration:
Why do we give written tests to students?
What do the tests really test?
Is there a more purposeful way of assessing and evaluating learning?

Related Websites:
http://weblogg-ed.com/2008/when-are-we-going-to-stop-giving-kids-tests-that-they-can-cheat-on/

Contact:
Rodd Lucier via thecleversheep@gmail.com

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Learning on Both Sides of the Microphone

thecleversheep@gmail.com — Thu, 3 Apr 2008 01:19:00 GMT

Questions for Consideration:
What type of questions would you like to see answered on this podcast?
Are there any edu-tech topics you would like to learn more about?
How can you and I lead more teachers to become engaged in professional learning via podcasts?

Related Websites:
A video interview with Peter Purgathofer

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Defining Web 2.0 with Jeff Bezos

thecleversheep@gmail.com — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 12:20:00 GMT

Questions for Consideration:
How would you define Web 2.0?

Related Websites:
Hear Jeff Bezos talk about how âWeb 2.0â is about making the Internet useful for computers.â? Back in October 2004!
Jeff Bezos at Web 2.0 Conference

Contact: Rodd Lucier via thecleversheep@gmail.com
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Google on the Dark Side

thecleversheep@gmail.com — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 18:55:00 GMT

Google joined partners worldwide by going dark for Earth Hour. Even while 'dark', Google continues to create new tools that are gaining traction worldwide. A few recent developments are highlighted in this episode, including the ways in which Google is engaging us in teaching the machine.

Questions for Consideration:
What might happen if educators allowed students to spend part of their day/week working on self-selected, creative projects based on individual abilities and interests?

Related Websites:
Lots of Google Tools to Explore!

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Many Soft Returns

thecleversheep@gmail.com — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 12:06:00 GMT

Pecha Kucha is a form of presentation that ensures that the highlights are all that are shared. Twenty slides in twenty seconds each, or any other 'micro-presentation' format can provide the speaker with the opportunity to leave the audience wanting more, with plenty of room for multiple speakers in a given block of time.

Questions for Consideration:
What types of authentic presentations are suitable to short presentations?

Related Websites:
Pecha Kucha www.pecha-kucha

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Twitter: Two Degrees of Separation

thecleversheep@gmail.com — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 01:43:00 GMT

Questions for Consideration:
Are you on Twitter? What do you get out of it?
Does your school district block or allow Twitter?
What about blogs? Allowed or not?
Does your board have policies or guidelines that you can share?

Related Websites:
http://twitter.com
http://thecleversheep.wetpaint.com

Contact: Rodd Lucier via thecleversheep@gmail.com
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March Madness and Teaching with Video

thecleversheep@gmail.com — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 04:28:00 GMT

Questions for Consideration:
Amid March Madness and Easter, do you turn your technology off?
Is there an audience for online video that teaches?

Related Websites:
http://blip.tv
http://teacher20.blip.tv/
http://www.varasoftware.com/products/screenflow/

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Equinox Air is Fresher

thecleversheep@gmail.com — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 16:07:00 GMT

Questions for Consideration:
How often do you use CDs or DVDs? Like me, do you find yourself accessing content via wires or over the airwaves?

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The Dreaded Desk!

thecleversheep@gmail.com — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 12:07:00 GMT

Maybe it's time we re-think the most used micro-environment for learning: the desk.

Questions for Consideration:
Do you do anything special to ensure the comfort of your students or yourself when learning?

Related Websites:
http://www.scobleizer.com

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Slidecasting

thecleversheep@gmail.com — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 12:41:00 GMT

Peter Purgathofer at the Viena University of Technology has forwarded an innovative way to engage lecture audiences!

Slidecasting

An excerpt from Massive "Multiplayer" E-Learning
http://www.designsonelearning.net/index.php?section=1&item=3.453:
"The goal of SlideCasting 2.0 is to enable students to use a live captured and jointly annotated representation of the presentation slides as a basis for a massively collaborative online discourse."

A sample Slidecast:http://k2.iguw.tuwien.ac.at:3015/

Questions for Consideration:
What are you doing that's engaging students?

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Sound-seeing in Montreal

thecleversheep@gmail.com — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 15:55:00 GMT

It's my first sound-seeing tour!

I've spent much of my March Break attending the Atlantic Canada Synchronized Swimming Championships. This tour of swimming and other athletic pursuits, takes place at the Claude Robillard Athletic facility in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

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The Blog: http://thecleversheep.com

Cheating on Facebook

thecleversheep@gmail.com — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 15:08:00 GMT

Questions for Consideration:
Is sharing solutions to problems equivalent to cheating? or Is it just sensible collaboration?
Is such discussion any more problematic if it takes place on Facebook instead of in a cafeteria or dorm room?

Related Websites:
Links to the Ryerson University Facebook story are on the blog:
http://thecleversheep.com

Contact: Rodd Lucier via the cleversheep@gmail.com

Teaching the Machine: Part III

thecleversheep@gmail.com — Fri, 7 Mar 2008 13:08:00 GMT

Questions for Consideration:
Have you ever used Lego Robotics materials to teach your students to work as collaborative engineers?
Will a conscious global machine be more 'justice oriented' than a networked society?
What might this global machine be named?

Related Websites:
Robotics Links: http://www.ldcsb.on.ca/schools/cfe/robotics/index.htm
DARPA Grand Challenge: http://www.darpa.mil/GRANDCHALLENGE/

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Teaching the Machine: Part II

thecleversheep@gmail.com — Wed, 5 Mar 2008 13:15:00 GMT

Questions for Consideration:
What are we teaching the Machine?
Are we teaching it the best of humankind or the worst or the middling?

Related Websites:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HAL_9000

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Teaching the Machine: Part I

thecleversheep@gmail.com — Mon, 3 Mar 2008 13:25:00 GMT

Questions for Consideration:
Have you ever considered that millions of people are teaching the World Wide Web... every day?
What are the consequences of our connecting ideas, images and words for one another and for the machine?

Continue the discussion on the blog: http://thecleversheep.com

Related content: Michael Wesch, Photosynth, Flickr, Wired

Contact: Rodd Lucier via thecleversheep@gmail.com

Star Wars is Everywhere

thecleversheep@gmail.com — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 21:17:00 GMT

How did Star Wars invade my week?
Let me recount the ways...

My son insisted on "The Clone Wars"
http://www.starwars.com/

Star Wars in 90 seconds
http://www.youtube.com/v/EBM854BTGL0

Chad Vader
http://www.youtube.com/v/4wGR4-SeuJ0

Clay Burell's Blog logo
http://beyond-school.org/

Wookie pedia...
http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page

GLEF
George Lucas is on to bigger and better things:
Information and Inspiration for Innovative Teaching in K-12 Schools
http://www.edutopia.org/

Viral Video Streaming

thecleversheep@gmail.com — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 17:57:00 GMT

Questions for Consideration:
Have you experienced live video on the web? In what context?
Can live video be harnessed for education?
What barriers exist in your board to receiving video; to broadcasting video?

Related Websites:
http://thefischbowl.blogspot.com/
http://beyond-school.org/2008/02/27/when-a-substitute-teacher-knows-skype-missing-school-is-easy-video/

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Differentiation... for Teachers!

thecleversheep@gmail.com — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 00:40:00 GMT

Questions for Consideration:
Why do teachers and students have the same permissions when using the World Wide Web at school?
Why do we apply a one-size-fits-all approach to professional development?
Might teachers be provided with training and technology that suits their unique abilities and interests?

Related Websites:
Links and more are on the blog:
http://thecleversheep.blogspot.com/2008/02/its-time-to-differentiate-support-for.html

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Sticky Wikis

thecleversheep@gmail.com — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 13:15:00 GMT

Questions for Consideration:
Have you contributed to a wiki yet?
If you try it, you'll see how simple it can be to host and update web content all on your own!

Related Websites:
http://wetpaint.com
http://thecleversheep.wetpaint.com

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Your Virtual Health

thecleversheep@gmail.com — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 13:11:00 GMT

Questions for Consideration:
How much personal information do you have online?
Is your personal information secure?
What questions do you have about your online information?
Your students have a stake in the answers to these questions, will they have a chance to think about them, before their entire lives exist in bits and bytes?

Related Websites:
The Blogs are the current source of information on Google Health, so go ahead and Google it "Google Health".

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Obsolete Skills

thecleversheep@gmail.com — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 13:31:00 GMT

With tonight's total eclipse of the moon, I'm wondering, "What school skills are being eclipsed by new technologies?" and "What do we spend time on that is no longer relevant to the lives of our students?"

Feel free to post your ideas for obsolete skills and 21st century skills on the "Let's Ban Chalk Wiki" http://thecleversheep.wetpaint.com

Related sites:

David Pogue's blog
http://pogue.blogs.nytimes.com/

Beloit College Mindset list
http://www.beloit.edu/~pubaff/mindset/

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Three Wishes and a Wiki Workshop

thecleversheep@gmail.com — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 14:09:00 GMT

Wiki... from the "Hawaiian word for Fast"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/wiki

I've opened my Wiki to the World following discussion on Will Richardson's blog: http://weblogg-ed.com

How and when will meaningful change come to education... and what will it look like? You can help out by contributing to the 21st Century Skills pages on http://thecleversheep.wetpaint.com

My contention is that teachers have to use the technologies to gain an understanding of their operation, and then they need to model the use of such tools in their personal learning. It is after this experience, that the employment of Web 2.0 tools in the classroom will make sense!

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Lord of the Flies: The Real Life Internet Version

thecleversheep@gmail.com — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 13:23:00 GMT

Questions for Consideration:
Do you know what you know about the net?
Do you know what you DON'T know about the net?
Do you know what your children & students do and don't know?

Related Websites:
http://lfpress.ca/newsstand/News/Local/2008/02/15/4848306-sun.html

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Where to Start? Networking!

thecleversheep@gmail.com — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 13:07:00 GMT

Questions for Consideration:
How do you connect with like-minded colleagues in your district, across North America, around the World?

Related Websites:
www.twitter.com
www.facebook.com
www.myspace.com

Contact: Rodd Lucier via thecleversheep@gmail.com
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Where to Start? Sharing!

thecleversheep@gmail.com — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 13:54:00 GMT

Questions for Consideration:
Have you ever benefitted from someone sharing resources with you?
What have you developed/found that you can share?

Related Websites:
http://resources.elearningontario.ca

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Where to Start? Blogs!

thecleversheep@gmail.com — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 13:00:00 GMT

Questions for Consideration:
Have you ever read a blog?
Did you know you can limit a Google search to blogs only?

Related Websites:
A few Educational Blogs to consider:
http://thecleversheep.wetpaint.com/page/Recommended+Edu-Blogs

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Where to Start? Collaboration!

thecleversheep@gmail.com — Fri, 8 Feb 2008 12:25:00 GMT

Questions for Consideration:
What projects could you co-author with a peer (or two or more)?
Can you collaborate with others to appreciate how students can use Web 2.0 tools to do the same?

Related Websites:
http://documents.google.com

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Where to Start? Product Creation!

thecleversheep@gmail.com — Thu, 7 Feb 2008 19:18:00 GMT

Questions for Consideration:
Where am I comfortable beginning?
How about in differentiating some of the products you ask students to create?

Related Websites:
Check out Wesley Fryer's ideas on Digital Storytelling
http://www.speedofcreativity.org/

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Archive This!

thecleversheep@gmail.com — Mon, 4 Feb 2008 13:39:00 GMT

Archives are saving today's history on the World Wide Web.

My favourite Internet Archives are listed on The Clever Sheep blog: http://thecleversheep.com

Don't miss the Prelinger Archives, Internet Archive, Newseum, and Museums and Art Galleries from around the world!

If you have archive links you'd like to share, feel free to drop me a line:
thecleversheep@gmail.com

Audio over Text

thecleversheep@gmail.com — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 13:23:00 GMT

Audacity is free for either Mac or PC
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/

More on the Blog: http://thecleversheep.com

Feel free to Email: thecleversheep@gmail.com

Educon 2.0

thecleversheep@gmail.com — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 13:15:00 GMT

Educon 2.0

The conference Wiki: http://educon20.wikispaces.com/
Photos of the Event, go to Flickr.com and search 'educon'
Workshops online: http://www.ustream.tv/search/all/educon
Twitter.com

There are more links and an interesting panel discussion photo on the blog at http://thecleversheep.com

As always, feel free to email your ideas, opinions, suggestions and more.... thecleversheep@gmail.com

Can Google Find My Keys?

thecleversheep@gmail.com — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 13:11:00 GMT

The recent misplacement of my keys led to some deep thinking about RFID technology. Do you know about Radio Frequency Identification? Do your students? They should... after all, this technology will play a key role in their lifetimes.

Your host, Rodd Lucier, maintains The Clever Sheep blog, which focuses on the use of a wide range of evolving communications technologies in K-12 education at www.thecleversheep.com

Feel free to make contact: thecleversheep@gmail.com

Growing up OFFLINE

thecleversheep@gmail.com — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 13:16:00 GMT

PBS has just aired "Growing Up Online" and the show is available, where else? online at www.pbs.org

What does it mean for teachers? We're way, way, way behind! How about helping a colleague learn a new skill by introducing a few more folks to 'podcasting'?

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or
on the Blog: http://thecleversheep.com

Exams 2.0

thecleversheep@gmail.com — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 13:36:00 GMT

Questions for Consideration:

Why do we give exams?
If they are so important, then why do we have exemptions?
What 'real learning' can be assessed in an exam?
Can we do better?

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Be not PowerPointless!

thecleversheep@gmail.com — Sun, 20 Jan 2008 14:30:00 GMT

Powerpoint tips, and links to exemplary presentation content is available on The Clever Sheep blog, which focuses on the use of a wide range of evolving communications technologies in K-12 education at http://.thecleversheep.com

Questions, comments and suggestions for topics are always welcome via email: thecleversheep@gmail.com

Make it Rich!

thecleversheep@gmail.com — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 12:19:00 GMT

Classrooms can be engaging places to teach and learn, but we've got to re-think the designs of the tasks we use to teach students and to measure their performance.

Rich Performance Tasks
www.ldcsb.on.ca/schools/cfe/RPT/menu.html

The Clever Sheep
www.thecleversheep.com

"Mary had a little lamb... er Cell Phone"

Wed, 16 Jan 2008 17:04:00 GMT

No time for notes today... a nice little essay with links to external resources is published on the blog: http://thecleversheep.com

Thanks to Wesley Fryer for the link to the "Ban the Pencil" article... it's still very timely!

Facebook for Homework

thecleversheep@gmail.com — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 12:23:00 GMT

In order to understand Social Networking, you need to experience it!

Get an account:

www.facebook.com
www.linkedin.com
www.myspace.com

For more on this and other topics, visit the blog at www.thecleversheep.com

Chalk Markets Plunge!

thecleversheep@gmail.com — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 18:19:00 GMT

Did the Stone age end when we ran out of stone?
Maybe not, but in looking at the pace of change in our education system, we may need to ban chalk!

Think about it, each of 'The Three Ages' (Stone Age; the Bronze Age; the Iron age) were each represented by materials.

In education, our history in tools:

The Slate and Chalk Age (mid 1800's - present)
The Paper and Pen Era (1900's to present)
and the Internet and Keyboard Period (2000's to present)

But we're still tied to both chalk/chalkboards; and paper/pen as tools! School 2.0 may one day arrive, harnessing the power of global networking with today's multimedia tools... But we may first have to "Ban Chalk!" in order to get educators to use the tools of the present!

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Good Chocolate is Hard to Find

thecleversheep.com@gmail.com — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 13:19:00 GMT

Really Simple Syndication or RSS isn't simple if you've never heard of it!

On many websites today, the content changes daily or even many times a day. The technology that allows users to update photos, bookmarks, or text content instantly, also allows readers to draw that new content essentially leaving the website wrappings behind. In order to take advantage of RSS enabled sites, you'll need to select for yourself a 'feed reader'. Once you have one, you can 'subscribe' to any RSS feed... (Don't forget to include "The Clever Sheep blog"!( an may of today's RSS is the content, while much of the

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* Don't forget to subscribe to the feed of The Clever Sheep blog (http://feeds.feedburner.com/thecleversheep) in your feed-reader ! Now that you know how to use RSS, you might also want to subscribe to my bookmarks (http://Del.icio.us/thecleversheep) or to this Podcast (http://feeds.feedburner.com/ E-learningDaily). Just 'add new feeds' to your reader of choice.

Social Bookmarking in the Classroom

thecleversheep@gmail.com — Wed, 9 Jan 2008 13:16:00 GMT

As an educator there are many ways to make use of 'del.icio.us'
http://del.icio.us

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Top Ten Tech Tools

thecleversheep@gmail.com — Tue, 8 Jan 2008 13:18:00 GMT

This is my year end - year beginning review of the tech tools I've found most helpful in being creative and productive in producing rich content. Whether for teaching, publishing, or collaborating with teachers or students, these tools are each worthy of your consideration.

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The Kids are Alright!

thecleversheep@gmail.com — Mon, 7 Jan 2008 17:26:00 GMT

Grieving on Facebook... It's real!

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Cheating 2.0

thecleversheep@gmail.com — Wed, 26 Dec 2007 14:55:00 GMT

Cheating is the new normal...
Should we worry about the future when everyone seems to cheat in some way? Is there a role teachers can play?

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A Google Gift

thecleversheep@gmail.com — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 14:45:00 GMT

Google has shared a holiday gift idea that can be used by educators all year round: Google invites the world to maps the holidays in text, images and video on a global scale. It's one more way Web 2.0 tools are engaging teachers and students in using the Read/Write Web. For more detail on this story including related hyperlinks visit the Blog for more details http://thecleversheep.comTheCleverSheep.com.

Hills 2.0

thecleversheep@gmail.com — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 12:33:00 GMT

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Are you an e-Teacher?

thecleversheep@gmail.com — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 13:26:00 GMT

Web 2.0
Teacher 2.0
Blackboard 2.0!

Consider:

Are you prepared to be a lifelong learner?
Can you harness any one technology in a given school year?

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Gotta Get the Google (Docs)!

thecleversheep@gmail.com — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 13:11:00 GMT

Googling for Gold: http://www.ldcsb.on.ca/schools/cfe/Googling

Gmail: Google.com or Google.ca

Google Documents Tour: http://www.google.com/google-d-s/intl/en/tour1.html

Google Documents: If you don't see it on your top menu bar within your Gmail account, click the 'more' button.

A Podcast?!

thecleversheep@gmail.com — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 21:58:00 GMT

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