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3 Tools for Digital Storytelling: Karakoram Bridge

By On March 18, 2012 · 4 Comments · In Class Blog, COETAIL, Design, Literacy, Technology in the Classroom, Travel

There are such a wealth of digital storytelling tools out there, that it’s always a challenge for me to know which ones to suggest for my students. Today I decided to try an experiment. I took a series of a few photos, chose a range of tools, and decided to have a go at telling […]

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The Origin of Graphic Indignation

By On February 19, 2012 · 1 Comment · In COETAIL, Design, Literacy

If you look at the history of posts on this site, you’ll notice some gaps in the timeline early on (well, elsewhere too, but the early ones are explainable differently). The thing is, when I launched into this blogging venture I spent an absurd amount of time fiddling with design. And I’m nowhere near done […]

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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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