Looking forward

..and I mean that in more ways than one. Seems Nov 18th we're off to The Meeting house in Mississauga to meet Dr Alec Couros.

What do I do when I get a name ... well, I googled it, of course. Seems the Doc teaches at the University of Regina. One of his Graduate level courses he's teaching right now is all about using Web 2.0 to engage students. The course is called Social Media and Open Education.

Sounds familiar, to be honest.

So, after that, I look into his course, seems it can be taken by people just interested in learning about it... hmmm ... makes one think. And...he's on Twitter, too.

As I poke around, I find something I've been meaning to find ... namely a "something" that would allow me to send a text message to my class without giving them my cell number. Or making them give me theirs.

Imagine the possibilities...

Wednesday's words of wisdom

So ... I get that Powerpoint is something that I should use in my classroom. Well, Keynote, anyways...

Me, I try really really hard not to use powerpoint to kill a class. But sometimes I have to sit through some .ppt's that are just painful. Here's a link to an article that explains how to use Powerpoint...

So, um ... yeah.

It's been a while since I was on this page, as you can see.

How ever, I read this "Top Ten reasons students should blog

" article, and I got to say, it's pretty much what I have to think about the matter.

Of course, I'm running into difficulty convincing people to read anything, let alone a blog, even if it offers specific help for something they are trying to complete...

ah well, youth .....

August work

Ya know ... here it is, finally August. Summer school is over, and I keep getting really cool articles emailed to me from... well, all over the interwebs.

This one is about how awesome the iPad is for "stuff".

Back to my morning coffee...

"Theres an #eduapp for that"

Ok, I really didn't want to end the year with an iPad app review. So ... this is how I get out of it:

Link is here to a "SNapp" page (That would be the Special Needs APPlications) .... it reviews and lets you in on all kinds of apps that should help you learn about your iPad, and how to get more into your class.


I'm thinking this post will be the last for a while ... unless something really really good comes along .... Peace out!

...and now for something completely different ...

...I know I have changed topics of that which I am "researching" on this blog a few times, but every once in a while, you kind of have to look around and see what else is out there.

Especially when ideas are emailed to you that support that which you do in a classroom every day. Like blogging.

Just in case you missed it...

So, yeah ... you can do anything with an iPad. Yes you can ... including attending a wedding, which was on the cover of the Toronto Star today.

"There's an app for that!"