Tip of the Iceberg

Waaaay back in November I had the pleasure of joining the fabulous Paul Langtree to deliver a workshop on Collaborative Planning in the PYP at Seisen International School in Tokyo. I feel it was the best workshop I’ve done to date – the staff were fantastic, open-minded and enthusiastic, and Paul was so great to [...]

Today I have had a neat surprise and was reminded of a very important blogging tip, which of course I need to share! Earlier this afternoon, I was busily scrolling through my tweetdeck when I came across a tweet from Kim Cofino saying: I found the link to the list of nominees, and proceeded to [...]

It was my daughter’s 4th birthday a couple of weeks ago, and of course she was spoiled rotten by friends and family. Of course in this busy life we all lead, finding time to write thank you letters is a tricky business. Cue technology! First up we hopped onto Facebook and created video messages of [...]

My colleague, Chinese teacher Wendy Liao, has kindly agreed to co-author the following post, detailing her experiences using the iPod Touch for the teaching of Chinese language. I think she has fantastic ideas for the use of technology in Language teaching which need to be shared! Wendy works with multiple grade levels, but for these [...]

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 [...]

Thoughts have been percolating in my head about 21st century literacy, digital tools and skills. UWCSEA is at a tipping point, and we’re moving in a new direction for ICT next school year. Currently, when I take each class for ICT, the classroom teacher is released. My sessions relate closely to what the teachers are [...]

Photo credit: niko si Had a bit of a despondent moment last week, wondering whether I was making any difference to anyone with this staff initiative on technology PD. Although we have a good number of people turning up each week, it still seems we have such a long way to go. Perhaps I was [...]

For some reason, thoughts of old computers have been running around in my head the last few days, so I thought it best to just jot my memories down so I could get some sleep! That’s the plan, anyway… From as far back as I can remember, we’ve always been a technology-filled household. This is [...]

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 [...]