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Calm Before the Storm

When I was a kid growing up in Snow Lake, there were about 2 100 people here. Over the years (the last 5 or 6 especially), changing technology in mining, the globalization of the industry and falling base metal prices have all contributed to falling fortunes for the town. In the ...

Contstructing Knowledge

I'm heading to Austin Texas in a few weeks to keynote Tech Forum Southwest. I was in Chicago for Tech Forum in April and truly enjoyed the format and the day that I was fortunate enough to spend there. Besides the fact that I'm expecting great conversations again and great ...

The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind

One of the perks of writing this blog that I rarely take advantage of is the free stuff that I get offered to me. It is rare the week that rolls by without an offer in my inbox for new software or a new product. But this one I couldn't pass ...

Wanted: One School, Two Jobs

We're thinking that it might be time to move on. My wife and I have been teaching in Snow Lake for thirteen years through all sorts of ups and downs; but we are thinking of leaving. We are looking to move our family somewhere new and this post is the beginning ...

Helping to Grow a Community

Helping a new classroom community to grow and take shape in a classroom is different each and every year. Much depends on the variables: the age of your students, their technology skills, your community context and need among others. There are many things to consider. Each community needs to be ...

Growing Global Perspectives

We have more information, but less news. We have more information, but we understand the world less and have less perspective on global events than people in the past. An information age paradox. Alisa Miller in this 4 minute TED Talk explains how this has happened: This is frightening. We live in a world ...

Open Thinking Presentation

It's interesting that you can find out information about yourself on the internet... On September 2nd I spoke at the fall faculty seminar of the University of Regina. Speaking to education professors was both a different type of audience for me and interesting. I was worried about presenting to people who ...

Teachers as Global Rock Stars

Over the past several years, I have had the opportunity to meet some amazing educators. People doing great things in all different subject areas. People pushing the boundaries of possibilities and helping kids to see the world in new, connected ways. But here's the problem: they are there and I am ...

Does Passion = Loner?

I love it when people have passion. I don't care what that passion is, or what it is for, but you can see it in their eyes. The bright, burning eyes of people who are doing what they love to do. Their passion might be performing in public, or painting, ...

Filters Still Suck – Tech Guys However, Rock

A few days further along the line, and with much advice from many people all around the globe, I seem to be actually getting along with the filter that has just recently been installed in my building. Mind you, there are a few people in my division, from my principal, to ...