Two Days Left… and Singing

I spent the afternoon gathering photos to make a slide show for one of my students who is graduating Wednesday.  While my jump drive and I moved from computer to computer, I asked after another student.  Her teacher shared that she wished her student had a way to share the photos the student had taken on the weekend at a… (read more)

Tomorrows

… I think I’ve thought about my future classroom so much, shared so much these last few week, that I thought I’d shared here.  Anyway, here’s the short version: Computers for each kid, yes, but an access thing, not an at-the-desk thing.  I don’t like the feel of kids in rows behind computers.  I see my future as active, with… (read more)

Shh…

Yesterday, Alec Couros was chatting about sense of wholeness.  Late last night,  I was blogging with Christina about this idea and the notion that more technotlogy is not necerily better, it’s actually debliliateing.  I shared with Christina that the best way I find to keep my sense of wholeness is by taking moments of time away.  I do this once… (read more)

Mentorship: a new understanding of teaching and learning

I’ve worked with three mentors and their kids but I’ve not been equally engaged with all three mentors or their students.  The level of my involvement has been my own choice, for the most part, partly because with one of my mentors I found a connection and a shared passion to run with the possibilities of this mentorship gift.  For… (read more)

The Harry Potter Party #6

Last Friday night, my sister, Christie, my daughter, Jessy Lee and I went to the movies.  The movie was fine, but the best part was seeing the new trailer for the sixth movie in the Harry Potter series, Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince!  The sixth book is Jessy Lee’s and my second favourite book in the Harry series,… (read more)

Social Learning w/ 5 Examples from ECMP 355

photo flicker   Lyndsay  As the ECMP355 activities began, I admit I regularly read Lyndsay’s posts because I knew her from the previous year when we both sat on the executive of the Education Students Society.  It was no surprise then, after our intrutor’s tech task to break down the camera shots in a short clip from any YouTube video, that… (read more)

What’s been going on with “What is Habitat?”

So What is Habitat?  and what’s been going on with the VoiceThread project these last few days? The kids have left some amazing responses. I’m impressed. I can see them making connections between the content I’ve presented and what they’ve been learning in class, like adaptation and current events. The main discussion today centred on needs versus wants, and on… (read more)

WOW – North Carolina Kids!

I have no time to create a fancy post, I’m off to be interviewed this afternoon… I worked all morning and came home and I stopped in to see the VT! WOW!  I am so impressed.  The kids amazed me.  They have taken this project and ran with it!  I can’t wait to get home and spend some time with… (read more)

Search “cori saas”

My emerging digital identity: I’ve done a Google search and found no surprises, I often Google myself as a means to keep tabs on how much others can learn about me (my digital identity).  If something I don’t like pops up, hopefully I can find a way to remove or change it.  On this note, learning how to use Google… (read more)
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