Digital Tools for Learning

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I was in Saskatoon last weekend for a presentation and was eyeing the power point for design and presentation principles learned from Dean Shareski, and in the powerpoint, I noticed how effective the message is when the “showing not telling” concept is used through visual images/metaphors rather than through just words or too many words. [...]

Blogging-Light bulb moment

I think I am starting to have a new understanding about the benefits of blogging. Before I took this class, I enjoyed reading a few blogs here and there but was not an avid reader. The only blogs I was interested in were travel blogs but I have never had my own blog.
For [...]

Evaluating Tech Tools

I found an interesting topic discussed by Clarence Fisher about evaluating the benefits of technological tools. He stresses the importance of determining how useful the tools are to students and their learning environment because not every technological tool will be helpful for every student, every teacher, or every lesson.
I find this idea, about using technology [...]

TLT Summit 2008-George Siemens’ Keynote

I just attended a George Siemens’ lecture, live on ustream, from the TLT Summit 2008 in Saskatoon. This was my first time watching a ustream broadcast; it was my first time hearing George Siemens, and it was my first time attending a keynote at a conference-online. Here are four words to capture [...]

Relfection- Video of Digital Learning in PSSD

I viewed the video on Digital Learning in the Prairie South School Division, created by Dean Shareski, and I am amazed and surprised at the access these schools have to a variety of technological tools. As a result, their students will have more opportunities to build technological knowledge and skills as well as [...]