Here is my two cents on the pros and cons of Evernote and Diigo. Since it’s only my second Jing, I still get nervous about saying just the right thing, and I also feel anxious about the time limit of 5 minutes. There’s this nerdy sign off on the end, that somehow reminds me of…

2 new uses for Voicethread so far.  Even though it is quite a simple tool, I’m finding complex reasons to use it. The first is that I’d like to create a series of booktalks for students to access through our library websites. Booktalks are taking on whole new formats now that we can put them…

The digital footprint is a concept that I feel very comfortable asking my secondary students to provide. Sara Kajdar, interviewed the article Digital Footprints in 2010, says she’s having the digital footprint “conversation with high school students, because they’re in the process of wanting to be known for their good work” (para.6). Like these students,…

A discovery that I made this summer, through the help of my Tweep (Twitter friend) Max Cooke (@maxcooke) is the blog on the Canadian Education Association’s website. The Canadian Education Association blog has regular posts by people in all forms of education across Canada, including voices of teachers, students, administrators, ministry employees, parents and parent…

While I was at ECOO, I met a Twitter friend face-to-face, Peter McAsh (@pmcash) who has pioneered a mandatory digital literacy course at his school in St. Marys, Ontario. On Friday, I made the opportunity possible to visit Peter’s classroom by inviting myself on a PD day in my board, a regular day in his school.…

Glogster is not a complex idea.  It is simply a fancy way of grouping items together.  However, because you can share multiple kinds of media in one place, and the appearance of the finished product is so vibrant and friendly, it is a natural fit with education. The first Glogster I remember seeing was on…