Category: Educational Technology

Focus on Beginners: What do you Need to Start Connecting?

Donna Miller FryLeave a Comment on Focus on Beginners: What do you Need to Start Connecting?blog, change, collaboration, connect, creativity, engagement, lead, leader, learn, Ontario, social media, teaching, technology, Twitter, visible learning
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EdCampWR (part 2) – Everyone Has Something IMPORTANT to Share

Donna Miller Fry1 Comment on EdCampWR (part 2) – Everyone Has Something IMPORTANT to Sharebelief, collaboration, edcamp, edcampwr, educon, engagement, hope, leadership, learn, learning, life, motivation, student success, technology, visible learning

This past week, I have been explaining the concept of “EdCamp” to a lot of people.  It’s on a Saturday, it’s free, it’s open to anyone wanting to learn, and “everyone has something to share”.  The program is driven by the learning needs of the people in attendance, and the smartest person in the room […]

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After #EdCampWR ~ Where To Now (Part 1)?

Donna Miller Fry2 Comments on After #EdCampWR ~ Where To Now (Part 1)?collaboration, creativity, digcit, digital citizenship, edcamp, engagement, leadership, leading, motivation, ossemooc, reform, share, teaching, technology, Twitter, visible learning

What an exciting day! Educators gave up Saturday to meet in a school and learn together, and shared the learning online for all who wanted to join in the conversation.  It’s powerful stuff, and as we all reflect on how best to meet the needs of all learners in the system, these success stories move […]

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Key Learning from #EdCampWR

Donna Miller Fry1 Comment on Key Learning from #EdCampWR

I was quite disappointed to miss #EdCampWR in person, but thanks to Twitter, and Mark’s Livestreaming, I was able to participate from up north! If you have never organized an EdCamp, here is a taste of some of the work that goes into hosting a successful day of learning for educators! It was great to […]

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Connecting to Learn – From a Distance. EdCampWR!

Donna Miller Fry2 Comments on Connecting to Learn – From a Distance. EdCampWR!edcamp, edcampwr, ossemooc, professionallearning

A wild winter storm, closed highways, and cancelled flights means finding another way to learn from EdCampWR. Stay tuned as we demonstrate how being a connected learner can mean learning 24/7 from anywhere!

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The Future is NOT a Multiple Choice Test

Donna Miller FryLeave a Comment on The Future is NOT a Multiple Choice Testchange, children, create, creativity, design, learn, project, reform, think

This video is everything I believe about education. If you do nothing else today to further your professional learning, take 13 minutes and watch this video. Our kids need you to do it.

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Learning at #Educon

Donna Miller Fry2 Comments on Learning at #Educoneducon, empower, engage, learn, learner, ownership

I am taking a moment away from the learning to capture some of the key ideas emerging from Educon 2.6: Click on the image if the Axioms are too small to read.  Consider how they might inform your daily practice. Educon is held at the Science Leadership Academy in Philadelphia. I took this shot during […]

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What is Personalized Professional Learning?

Donna Miller FryLeave a Comment on What is Personalized Professional Learning?conversation, global, personal learning, personalized learning, professional learning

Yesterday I had the opportunity to share with educators around the world in a conversation about what personalized professional learning should look like. What do you think? What do you want your professional learning to look like? Check out http://ossemooc.wordpress.com/ for more personalized professional learning opportunities.   Streamed live on Jan 21, 2014 The Google Doc […]

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Teach Less, Learn More

Donna Miller FryLeave a Comment on Teach Less, Learn Moreaspire, challenge, change, dream, honour, learn, live

What do you think of the wisdom of Andy Hargreaves? Do you allow your communities to dream? How do you grow sustainably? How do you build success that lasts? Metrics are important, but the goals must be shared. If you follow someone else’s path, you will only get as far as they did. Do not […]

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My Definition of Good Pedagogy Includes Technology

Donna Miller Fry5 Comments on My Definition of Good Pedagogy Includes Technologychange, engagement, hope, lead, leader, leadership, learn, learning, mindset, reform, share, teaching, technology, visible learning

Last night during the Learning 2030 rebroadcast, one of the tweets that came across my screen was a statement that said, “Technology does not replace good pedagogy”. I see this quote quite frequently in my work, and I worry about it a bit. I worry because in the same way that “good” standardized test scores […]

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