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Workshop: Designing a Scholarly Digital Presence (for Graduate Students)
(English version below) J’ai eu le plaisir de présenter un atelier sur la conceptualisation d’une présence numérique à plusieurs étudiants aux études supérieures à la Faculté d’Éducation hier. En bas je partage les diapos qui ont encadré nos discussions. Questions que les participants ont posées Q: La sécurité: Comment me protéger en ligne? R: Quelques…
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DigitallyLiterate.net
As part of an open research project on teachers’ uses of technologies to teach literacies in their classrooms around the world, Heather Woods, Ian O’Byrne and I created the Teaching Literacies with Technology Survey. We posted it on our website, DigitallyLiterate.net last spring and have shared it out, inviting responses for about 5 months. Based…
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Fear No More: Developing Digital Literacies for Courageous Citizenship
I have the privilege to present some ideas about digital literacies and digital citizenship to Ottawa-area teachers and preservice teachers at the University of Ottawa today. To download slides with my presenter notes, see below. I also include for you use the list of references that I used to write the talk. Download slides: digitalcitizenship_sept16_v1 References…
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What do teacher candidates wonder about on their first day?
I started my first teaching job in September of 1996 and today, 20 years later, I had the privilege to welcome students at the University of Ottawa Faculty of Education to their very first class in their professional preparation program. The course I’m teaching this semester is about Curriculum Planning, Instruction and Assessment. It’s a…
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Cult of Pedagogy.com Makes Me a Better Teacher
CultofPedagogy.com is a rich and powerful information resource for teachers at every stage of their career, which is why it makes me a better teacher. I like to think I remember the details of every stage of my own career — how it felt to be new to this profession, the questions I asked, and…
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Launching a new Digital Hub Strategy
This week, I’ll be introducing a new Digital Hub strategy to B.Ed. candidates at the University of Ottawa. The strategy, which I co-authored with my colleagues Linda Radford and Maria Robinson-Cseke, is designed to support our B.Ed. candidates as they develop a positive digital presence for themselves as professionals. There will surely be MANY insights…
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Negotiating and advocating for more access to technologies at UO
I feel like I just had a terrific success that I need to document here. Maybe these reflections will encourage others, especially those new to the Academy who are finding their way in their new institutions. A little context. I arrived as a new Assistant Professor in Educational Technology at the University of Ottawa last…
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My Tuesdays with Bernie
I was at the Faculty of Education awards ceremony in February when Bernie asked me to help him design a hybrid graduate seminar. He had taught the course several times, but wasn’t sure how to revise it so that half of the classes would take place online. Bernie knew that I had some experience with…