http://corinnep.edublogs.org Sat, 26 Sep 2009 00:37:12 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Here's an excellent and informative new, Canadian, documentary film about ADD.  There's, also, a companion website with additional information.  Check out the film trailer, below. ADD and Loving it Trailer from TotallyADD.com on Vimeo. http://corinnep.edublogs.org/2009/09/19/new-add-film-and-website/ My three week, pre-internship teaching block concluded on Friday, and what a fantastic experience it was - thank you, grade ones! One of the highlights of the block was Skyping with a few special guests on the last day of teaching; the grade ones were able to talk to three Medical ... http://corinnep.edublogs.org/2009/03/21/guest-visitors-via-skype/ Last Thursday, my EPE Prof. showed us a fantastic video, by Chris Jordan, on TED Talks.  Chris is a photographer who creates art to address problems in our society; he uses visual symbolism/literacy to build awareness and critical thought about our world.   Here is his video, on Ted Talks, where ... http://corinnep.edublogs.org/2008/10/27/powerful-stuff/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/myeye/200094536/ 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 ... http://corinnep.edublogs.org/2008/06/17/digital-tools-for-learning/ I was reading the Search Engine blog on the CBC website and came across an interesting post on web browsers for children with autism. The ZAC Browser is a web browser specifically for children with autism. ZAC Browser was created by the grandparents of Zackary, a 6 year-old child ... http://corinnep.edublogs.org/2008/06/11/zac-browser/ I was commenting on Sara's blog today about CBC's excellent techie radio programs, and I decided I should peruse some of their websites today. However, the websites never have as much information as you get from listening to the program live. I have never subscribed to a podcast ... http://corinnep.edublogs.org/2008/06/11/subscribing-to-podcasts/ I saw this advertisement on television many months ago, and then, a few days ago when I was watching youtube videos on cyber bullying. This video's message is, "Words hurt, don't be a part of it". This video doesn't directly address cyber bullying or written insults. However, ... http://corinnep.edublogs.org/2008/06/09/tech-task-5-cyber-bullying/ I was searching youtube with my nieces yesterday, and found an excellent video for 3 and 4 year olds. It is called The Elephant Song by Eric Herman. He adds a neat dimension to the song because he sings and interacts with his 3 year old. The ... http://corinnep.edublogs.org/2008/06/09/nice-video-for-prek/ | View | Upload your own For Tech Task #4, we were to critique the design of a presentation on Slideshare. I found one called Future of Education created by Jay Cross. I was interested in the title of the presentation and was attracted to the design and ... http://corinnep.edublogs.org/2008/06/08/tech-task-4-design/ A few weeks earlier, Jordan posted an entry about ustream, and he discussed the different ways it could be used in schools and in teaching. So, when I saw Kathy Cassidy's post yesterday, I immediately thought of Jordan's post. Kathy is using ustream to record the hatching of ... http://corinnep.edublogs.org/2008/06/07/ustream-in-the-classroom/