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Rand Reading Study Group Introduction for CEP 891
My colleague Paul Morsink and I had some fun recording this video that introduces our Master’s of Educational Technology students at MSU to the Rand Reading Study Group (2002) report. Paul kindly invited me to co-teach a course this semester that he developed with Rand Spiro last year. It’s called Online Literacy and Reading to…
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My New Blogging Mantra…
Punya Mishra once told me that his New Year’s Resolution a few years back was to blog every day so that, like brushing teeth, it became a habit he just couldn’t live without. In the moment, I thought — yes — great idea — I feel super awkward if I don’t brush my teeth in…
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How Google Maps Ruined the Surprise
My husband celebrated a BIG birthday recently and to mark the happy occasion, I decided to invite our closest friends to a special, surprise dinner at our favourite hometown restaurant. The plan followed the classic surprise party paradigm. On the five-hour drive back to our hometown from where we currently live, I casually suggested a…
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Top 10 Ways to Ensure Teachers Will Never Integrate Technology
Sometimes, when I’m trying to figure out what TO do, it helps to first think about what NOT to do. I’ve found this to be a particularly helpful strategy when I’m designing professional development or thinking about a particularly difficult problem. Setting up the antithetical somehow helps to sharpen my focus on what I’d like…
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TPACK App QuickFire at MAET ROUEN
This morning, I asked the year 1 MAET Rouen students to do the following: 1) pick a free educational app to explore 2) download it 3) use a digital mind-mapping application to unpack the technological pedagogical and content knowledge they would use to integrate this app effectively in their classroom. I did it too and…
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How do I use Hootcourse to support participation in my classroom?
http://hootcourse.com/course/1437/g6i2tuhtirin4h6/?type=mini Yesterday, I helped to lead a professional development day with teachers at Ruth Fox Elementary School in North Branch, MI. The MSU PD Team, lead by Doug Hartman, has been working with the teachers at Ruth Fox for a year and a half to support their strategic integration of technology in their pedagogical practice.…
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Learning about Personal Learning Networks
I like this one a whole lot. Thanks OurSocialVoice. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MqSH5TMYlz4&feature=player_embedded]
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Screencasting in College History Courses?
My husband teaches history at a small liberal arts college in Michigan. The education students receive there is, in my view, absolutely exemplary. Professors are completely dedicated to undergraduate teaching (in stark contrast to the recent critique offered by Richard Arum and Josipa Roksa on the abysmal state of undergraduate learning nation-wide; NPR Story). The…
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MSU Press Release re: SSHRC Award 2011-2012
MSU College of Education News
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A Lesson in Affordances, Constraints and The Discovery of What I Didn’t Know
Last week, my 5-year old daughter was inspired to write her first book. It was a glorious moment in parenting. My husband and I beamed with pride — our daughter a) can write b) thinks of herself as a writer c) drew detailed pictures which she then described with her very best, phonologically reasoned spellings…