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Making Jam
When I was a child, the women in my family canned fruits and vegetables and made jam. I grew up on a farm. We always had a garden and what we didn’t grow ourselves, we bought from our neighbours. In August, my mom would buy bushels of peaches from Mr. and Mrs. Birch. Peaches were…
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On finding a writing partner
It’s probably no surprise to anyone that doctoral students in education are a bit of a self-selecting group. As a rule, we’re generally people who like school — a lot. And when I say we like school, I mean really. Consider the obvious. We like school so much that in addition to having become teachers as…
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First Day at a New School
After much deliberation and angst, we decided to enroll our daughter, Zoë, in a new school, located about 15 minutes away from our house this year. She was nervous this morning. So were we. But like all parents, we made this decision with great hopes for a school experience that will enlighten, inspire and motivate…
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Ireland 2012
Ireland 2012, a set on Flickr. From June 29 – July 29, 2012, I spent one month teaching the first year cohort of the MAET overseas Cohort in Dublin Ireland. This set of photos is mostly of my family and our activities with a few work-related photos in the mix as well. To see the…
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What is learning? What is technology?
This week, I started teaching the first year cohort of MSU’s Master’s in Educational Technology program in Dublin, Ireland. My colleague, Kristen Kereluik and I, asked our students two questions on the first day: What is learning? and What is technology? Always trying to embed an opportunity to explore the affordances and constraints of different…
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Strawberries and Jam
Delights of early summer. Fresh strawberries from Harvey’s Farm and jam, de ma cuisine.
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33 Skills for Teachers in the Digital Age — A List I Like
I’m not usually one for “Top 10 Lists of Tech Tools” or “21 Things every 21 Century Teacher should know”. It’s not that I don’t think that these lists offer useful tips — they most certainly do. I just find that these lists (a) quickly become outdated and (b) seldom generate the kinds of…
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Spreecasting: A new frontier in online learning?
Two months ago, I didn’t know anything about spreecast.com. My indefatigable ed tech mentor, Leigh Graves Wolf (who is generally awesome and knows a lot of stuff about a lot of things) sent me a tweet from the SXSWEdu Conference in Austin, TX in March. It went something like this: @mshagerman check out spreecast.com Use…
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De ma cuisine…
Easter Cupcakes, a photo by mschirahagerman on Flickr. Teeny cupcakes for teeny hands. Lemon with vanilla butter cream icing.
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AERA 2012
I haven’t been to Vancouver in 6 years and I can hardly wait. It feels a bit elicit, really. I’m not presenting. I just said it out loud. There. I’m attending a major academic conference and I don’t have anything to present. I waffled for some time about whether I should go. And in…