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I am ready to head out this week to present at the Teacher 2 Teacher conference in Bow Island, Alberta. I am especially excited since it will be my first time visiting Canada.

Some of the other presenters at the conference include:

James Hollis
Anna Adam & Helen Mowers
Doug Peterson
Harvey Almarode
Richard Byrne
Danny Nicholson
Bill Belsey

I have been tweaking [...]

Taking.Play.Seriously with Brian Smith
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Conversation Description:
Diane Ackerman’s quote, “play is the brain’s favorite way of learning” is oft used to describe the learning that takes place in elementary schools. Despite that belief, a simple visit to any school in the country will reveal a picture that flies in the face of Ackerman’s [...]

Re)Imagining Social Media & Technology in Teacher Education with Alec Couros and Dean Shareski.

Conversation Description:
Dean Shareski and Alec Couros have been teaching technology and social media related courses in a teacher education program at the Faculty of Education, University of Regina. Over the last couple of years, we have focused on social and participatory learning [...]

Leadership 2.0: Who Do We Need Our Leaders To Be? with Chris Lehmann

Conversation Description:
If educators cannot successfully integrate new technologies into what it means to be a school, then the long identification of schooling with education, developed over the past 150 years, will dissolve into a world where the students with the means and the [...]

21st Century Classroom or 21st Century Learning- Tracy Weber
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Purpose: To encourage educators to plan their classrooms from a learning perspective rather than from a tools perspective. Don’t buy the tool and then figure out how to use it. Instead, figure out what learning should look like, and then focus on obtaining the tools [...]

Elementary School in the 21st Century- Brian Crosby
How does the Pedagogy Change? How does that School look?
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Conversation Description:
School/pedagogy needs to change, adapt, modernize is the siren call. We will briefly look at and/or discuss examples of lessons, technology use, and projects in elementary school today. Then use the bulk of our time attempting to [...]

No questions about it! Twitter has transformed my learning in the last few years. Having a constant stream of ideas, thoughts, resources and experts at my fingertips is invaluable for me these days. I continue to find new ways to make Twitter work for me, but also to contribute to the learning of others.

I want [...]

Presented by Earl Nicholas

This session will examine currently available digital tools for bringing your Curriculum Mapping and classroom instruction further into our children’s world of the 21st Century
You can start Curriculum Mapping by simply writing in a a spreadsheet or you can use a company like Atlas Rubicon. To “upgrade” your map, start linking to [...]

Presenter:: Jeanne Tribuzzi
Beginning a curriculum mapping initiative is a perfect time for teachers and leaders to collaborate for the purpose of setting direction with curriculum, instruction and assessment. What has to happen in your school or district to design curriculum that supports the mission of the school or the needs f the students? Beginning with [...]

Presenter Heidi Hayes Jacobs
will zoom in on how to update your maps with the strategic use of web 2.0 and use more interdisciplinary contemporary themes to engage learners.
Heidi Hayes Jacobs’ Quotes:
De- Gimmickifcation of web .20 tools. If you are not using web 2.0 strategically than it can seem frivolous. We need to brainstorm practical instructional [...]