The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 23, 2018

In early 2012, my district decided to bring a 1:1 mobile device initiative to the middle school students and I was fortunate enough to get a cart of iPads in my classroom. I am passionate about technology and its effects on teaching and learning. I’ve presented at various conferences such as ATE , CUE and ISTE.

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A Principal's Reflections

MAY 25, 2011

I was also adamant that social media had no place in an educational setting, but most of you who read this blog know about my radical change of mind in regards to this. technology, including social media. This small change evolved into my present philosophy on how schools can, and should, use social media.

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Learning with 'e's

AUGUST 16, 2012

We are witnessing a time where a mobile world wide web of connections is proliferating, and in which social mores, human relationships and communication conventions have been irrevocably changed. This approach to network theory is still refreshing, almost a decade after it was written. Reference Watts, D.

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Learning with 'e's

JUNE 4, 2013

Although technology has moved on a pace - since the book was written we now have social media, mobile phones and touch screen tablet computers - many of Sherry Turkle''s ideas still resonate with personal meaning. We live in a world far richer in terms of social networking than Sherry Turkle did in the 1990s.

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Learning with 'e's

OCTOBER 26, 2013

I wrote about this new model question recently, and critiqued it in the context of emergent forms of digital learning. But all discussions need a reference point, a starting place from where the arguments can proceed. You may also have dialogue with your personal learning network as you discuss that content.

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Learning with 'e's

FEBRUARY 19, 2012

Rhizome theory is also a useful framework for understanding self-determined learning - the heutagogy described by Hase and Kenyon. The self-determined pathway to learning is fast becoming familiar to learners in the digital age, and is also the antithesis to the formal, structured learning found in traditional education.

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A Principal's Reflections

OCTOBER 4, 2015

It lays out the elements necessary for establishing innovative initiatives that will support and enhance learning while increasing relevance to personalize both the school and learning experience for all students. Bring your own device (BYOD) : Many students now possess a powerful learning tool in the form of mobile technology.

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