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Balanced Technology

By On October 2, 2011 · 2 Comments · In COETAIL, Literacy, Technology in the Classroom

I spent this weekend in Nagoya, at Nagoya International School, attending a workshop led by Kathy Short exploring learning through inquiry. Towards the end of the second day she introduced a model of balanced literacy that explored the ways in which personal inquiry, collaborative […]

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Geeked Out.

By On September 27, 2011 · 2 Comments · In COETAIL, Experiential Education, Outdoor Education, Service Learning, Technology in the Classroom, Travel

I just got back from a long weekend camping at the base of Fuji. Within a day, my phone died and with it went my access to anything online, and any pressing sense of responsibility to be on top of anything beyond what was in front of me. I don’t say this to lead into […]

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Messing Around

By On September 14, 2011 · 2 Comments · In COETAIL, Technology in the Classroom

I just finished reading “Living and Learning with New Media: Summary of findings from the digital youth project”, focusing in particular on their chapter that explored the media interaction stage of “Messing Around”. They define this as a stage of engagement with media that involves “tinkering, exploring and extending understanding.” and go into some detail […]

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Disrupting Class

By On September 13, 2011 · 4 Comments · In COETAIL, Technology in the Classroom

It’s time to catch up on my reading.

I’ve spent so much time finicking around with getting this blog the way I temporarily want it (with the clear understanding that ideally, it would be nothing like this, really, given the time…), that anyways, I’ve already fallen behind on posting about the articles I’ve been reading. […]

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