Author Archives: Julie Whitehead

Where good ideas come from

This makes sense to me. I always called it intuition but hunches on the back burner or tucked away in the back of the mind is an interesting concept. Collaboration, sharing hunches, moves a society forward. Our sharing communities, like social bookmarking, blogs, wikis and video sharing is great proof of creating good ideas. Of [...]

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Importance of teachers learning alongside students

I came across an article by Seymour Papert: Project-Based Learning on www.edutopia.org . In this article, Papert mentions ‘the importance of teachers learning alongside students’ “What we need is kinds of activity in the classroom where the teacher is learning at the same time as the students and with the students. Unless you do that, [...]

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Selecting an Educational Technology

I was just reading a blog post on How do you analyse and select an educational technology. It got me thinking about how I approach it. 1st I hear about an Educational Technology through my social networks, twitter, LinkedIn groups, FaceBook ect. I’ll go to the site and explore I’ll watch any videos about the [...]

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“It’s Not Information Overload. It’s Filter Failure.”

I saw this description for a course offered by U of T and thought is was a brilliant observation of what skills are needed today. http://www.plc.ischool.utoronto.ca/coursedescription.asp?courseid=260# Are you tired of dealing with information overload in your work? Perhaps you’re looking at it from the wrong perspective. Clay Shirky, professor and author, says, “It’s Not Information [...]

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Students love technology

Via: OnlineEducation.net

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Global Voices

Are we really listening or are we existing on the internet only in our comfort zone with our “own’

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learn how to do it

“I am always doing that which I cannot do, in order that I may learn how to do it.” Picass

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Elements coming together with 5 Tips for Success

Funny how elements  just all of a sudden come together. I first came across the video below about success through failure (thank-you twitter and youtube) and then TeachPaperless blog post this 5 Tips for Success – in school, business and in life Put it together and you have a nice little introduction to computers class [...]

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Social Bookmarking for Higher Education

A workshop for 17th Annual ETC Conference: http://www.lambton.on.ca/advancing_learning/ As an added value, we will be using google docs and prezi. Don’t forget to tweet: #etc2011conf I hope you enjoy. Link to our google doc The workshop presentation: .prezi-player { width: 550px; } .prezi-player-links { text-align: center; } Social Bookmarking in Higher Education on Prezi Link [...]

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Active learning

“In any moment of decision the best thing you can do is the right thing, the next best thing is the wrong thing, and the worst thing you can do is nothing.” –Theodore Roosevelt, 26th president of the U.S

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