This morning I’m listening in on the Classroom 2.0 session with Wes Fryer on using Skype in the classroom. I thought I’d add the video we recorded last year when our students were able to chat with Sheldon Posen, curator at the Canadian Musuem of Civilization. My students loved this conversation because it demonstrated...
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One of the questions I continually get asked as a one-to-one classroom teacher is how I monitor students to make sure they stay on task.  ”Don’t they waste so much time?” “Aren’t they checking their emails and facebook all the time?” The Best Classroom Management Strategy is Engaging Work My response to these questions...
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Yesterday morning I had my first experience of delivering a lesson over Skype.  Previously, I’ve used Skype in the classroom to have my students talk to experts, most notably with Sheldon Posen at the Canadian Museum of Civilization, but this was the first time I was on the other end of the Skype line....
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Tomorrow morning I’m teaching my first lesson over Skype.  As part of the collaborative project my students are doing with Rockyview School division, I’m introducing Mr. Hill’s students to the “Canada in a Box” site as well as the role that the sketchbooks played in making our Cigar Boxes last year. Here’s the Skype recording...
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I’m starting this blog with the collaboration that I’m working on with Mr. Hill from the Rocky View School Division.  After hearing me talk about the Cigar Box project last year, he thought it would be something he’d like to take on as well – and he’s been an amazing partner to go through...
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