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Best BITs: The purpose of schooling
Authors Garfield Gini-Newman and Roland Case don’t go easy on the reader in the first chapter so I think it’s important to ease into the critical thinking with a bit of philosophy. I have often been criticized for being quick to jump at anything shiny and new in education so I found Chapter 1 to…
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Best BITs: Unleashing talent in your school
George Couros’s book is immensely read-able…his writer’s voice is intensely genuine and although there are big ideas that he presents, the reader never feels overwhelmed with jargon. So in a nutshell, George does quick recap of the first two parts of the book: Innovation is creating something better…the key to doing that is developing relationships. …
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Best BITs: Culture of Fear
On July 1, Michael McLenaghan wrote: I really enjoy the metaphor George uses about how we approach technology in our schools. If we only focus on digital safety and cyber bullying, then this only creates a culture of fear – much like a focus on preventing stabbing if we use pencils! I’m an early adopter…
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Best BITs: Struggling with technology and youth culture
Author and researcher danah boyd says “By positioning youth as “other,” adults fail to recognize or appreciate the ways in which youth use technology to connect with others, learn, and participate in public life” (p. 42) Later she talks about how this generational posturing that we do (well, back in my day…) just adds to…
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Best BITs: Are you underwhelmed in online spaces?
In reading Participatory Culture in a Networked Era, I’m reflecting on how not much has really changed since the invention of forums in the 70s … not that I was lurking there, but really it goes like this: post discussion thread, reply to discussion thread, repeat. …Right? Henry Jenkins says:”… It is abundantly clear that…
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Best BITs: My brag book of student voice
Each year I apply and receive a Speak Up grant which allows a mighty group of student editors to create a magazine of student creative work…usually art and creative writing. We’ve just finished our final editing of the year and I think it looks marvelous: https://odsspaperandink.com/ ODSS Paper & Ink is featured in the Canadian…
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