Tip of the Iceberg

As so many teachers came back from the Christmas holiday with a new iPhone/iPod Touch, I decided to make the first Wired Wednesday for 2010 focused on apps. We had a great turn out, and there was a real buzz in the lab as people talked over each other to share their favourite apps. I [...]

After the success of Fruity Fridays last year, we decided to introduce our staff to two new initiatives this year: Tech Tip Tuesdays and Wired Wednesdays. I have graciously been given 5 mins at the beginning of every staff meeting to talk through a tech tip for teachers. I will be sharing a range of [...]

New Year: Kids start TODAY! New Job: Flexible Timetable, k-5 tech integration & support at UWCSEA East. New Toys: 14 Creative Vado HD Video cameras 12 iPod Touches 11 Digital Blue Microscopes 22 Acer Aspire One Netbooks 1 Visualizer Getting Started: I introduced some of our new toys during a whole staff meeting. I demonstrated [...]

Photo Credit: Robert/Says/Hi Katie & I are about to embark on some voluntary technology PD, and needed to know where our staff are at right now. We quickly put together a survey using surveymonkey to send out to the staff. We probably should have started by asking for some feedback from the blogosphere about our [...]