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My First Twitter Message
We all have life’s most embarrassing moments. With the miracle of technology, connectivity, and social media, we can now share them online. And, as we tell our students (or should be telling our...
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This Week in Ontario Edublogs
Happy Good Friday, everyone. Here’s some of the great writing from Ontario Edubloggers this past week. Our Schoolyard in February I’ve mentioned this before but I really like this kindergarten project...
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April 1
One of the days that you really have to be on your toes as a teacher is April Fools’ Day. You never know what your charges will be up to. In reality, it’s not all that terribly difficult to know that...
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Hot and Sour Soup
Years ago, I used to write software and a friend of mine published it and did a great deal of marketing for me/him. He was a real lover of Chinese food. He used to date a young lady who, apparently,...
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Pinterest Boards for Educators
If I was looking to enter the fray of “numbered resources for whatever”, I could have called this post “9 Pinterest Boards for Education You Must Follow” or something like that. Fortunately, the nine...
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Monitor Your Brand
I know that there is a great deal of concern about the future of Google’s Alert service. You know, it’s the service that sends you an email with the references to any set of criteria that you may...
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Check out a follower
For all of the great tools that Twitter provides your account, there’s one that’s missing. I can, for example, take a look at my followers or who I follow. But, it’s in a list form. What to do,...
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This Week in Ontario Edublogs
Once again, there was some great sharing from Ontario Educators this week. Some of what caught my eye… Redacted, Frozen, Blocked, — and Saved Andy Forgrave’s latest post brought a smile to me. It was...
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Newsana
My friend @GingerPatti recently sent me a message asking what I thought about Newsana. My initial response was Huh? Never heard of it. But, I did head over to see what it was all about. Is it...
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An Interview with Cyndie Jacobs
Recently, I had the opportunity to interview my co-chair for the #ecoo13 conference, Cyndie Jacobs. I call her “the great connector” for her efforts on Twitter and other social media. She seems to...
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GIGO
The reference Garbage In, Garbage Out is a staple when teaching computer science. It generately acknowledges that a processor or a processor might be considered as a black box where data goes in one...
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Choosing Names Wisely
I will absolutely blame Rockmelt for taking me on a tangent today. I read this story from my Rockmelt feed. 71 names so awful New Zealand had to ban them. That took me off on a reading spree. Some of...
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Checking Out the Big Social World
Now, before you read on, a disclaimer. This is in no way an encouragement for you to do all of this. Remember that you have a life, a dog to walk, a family to hang with, a job that needs attention, a...
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Filling a Dance Card
If you’ve been monitoring the Twitter stream since Sunday evening, you’ll notice that there have been many happy posts from people whose presentation proposals have been accepted for the #ecoo13...
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This Week in Ontario Edublogs
It was another wonderful week of reading in Ontario Edublogs. Here are some of the great things I read recently. The Number Line Sheila Stewart has Klout. Inspired by another blog post, she spends...
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A Source for More Reading and Analysis
This morning, as I was waiting around, I got a notice that Alfred Thompson had written a blog post titled “You Never Know Who The Computer Science People Are“. What a great title so I clicked through...
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An Interview with Zoe Branigan-Pipe
Zoe Branigan-Pipe (@zbpipe on Twitter) is one of those folks that I’ve known and interacted with online long, long before I ever met her. If you’re wondering what a “21st Century Teacher” does, you...
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And —- we’re off!
The #ecoo13 committee is happy to announce that registration is now open for the 2013 Conference, “Bring IT, Together”, Wednesday-Friday, October 23-25. When you’re ready to register, visit the...
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Yesterday in Ontario MicroBlogging
Normally, on Fridays, I share some of the wonderful Ontario Blogging efforts from the previous week. I thought I would take a slightly different tact this week. There have been a lot of “last day(s)”...
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Hoot Reading
Like many people I suspect, I’m on the search for a good replacement to the Google Reader when it stops operating on Canada Day. For so long, Google Reader has been my go-to for news reading and I...
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