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Exploring Jing
The goal here is to provide learning 24/7 for my students, heck for anyone’s students. So I’m trying to make a bunch of screen-capture videos using Jing that will teach my students the stuff that I have to teach multiple times per day. One of those questions that I get asked a lot is how…
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The Bring Your Own Device Debate
My vice-principal, the administrator in charge of technology for my secondary school of 1450 students and 85 staff, warned me this week that the board has no intention of renewing our desktop computers. At best, I think they’ll last about 3 more years. So then what? Well in the library, we’re moving quickly to Web…
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Exploring Audacity
This week I’m attempting to turn my PC and my headset into an audio mixer, in order to create powerful, unique podcasts. I want to liven up my online presence, and I hope to be able to pass this knowledge onto students. I did my undergraduate degree in theatre, and 20 years ago mixing audio…
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Imagine your Library
I’ve had lots of friends and family asking what I do exactly now that I’m a full-time teacher-librarian. Then Uber teacher-librarian, Anita Brooks-Kirkland, posted this video she made on Twitter this week, and suddenly I have a raison d’etre. http://youtu.be/w0F0vR4WGIg
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Evernote exploration
Evernote is astounding, and like I’ve already said with Diigo and Voicethread, I don’t think I’ll be able to adequately explore its full potential in this inquiry. However this week has lead me in new and unexpected directions as I have begun to explore Evernote. All three applications are examples of cloud computing and the…
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Find of the Week: Science in Education Podcasts
As you know, a major focus of my inquiry project is podcasting, so I’ve trying to find some mentors. While I was at ECOO, I got to participate in a live podcast series from Colin Jagoe (@colinjagoe) as he was interviewing a Canadian scientist. He had a crew of one, handling video and audio. Here…