by Donna Miller Fry (@fryed)
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 […]
Last week, Jan Wong, currently an Assistant Professor of Journalism and Communications at St. Thomas University in New Brunswick, wrote an article for the Chronicle Herald outlining her concern about her Journalism students cheating on quizzes. The sentences from her post that most resonated with me are below. It should be no surprise at all that […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
This time of year is all about new beginnings – reflecting on last year, and thinking about how best to move forward. In 2014, I want to move further out of the echo chamber. I feel very safe exchanging ideas with my PLN – and that is not where real change needs to happen. I […]
I don’t know anyone who would answer “yes” to this question. So why is the myth that “kids hate school” so pervasive? Last week, buses were cancelled in Muskoka (yes, there is only one Muskoka!), and the television announcers made a huge deal out of how happy kids would be because they didn’t have to […]
Blogging is important. Because I strongly believe this, I often wonder what it takes to get people writing and sharing their thinking. It’s easy to put “blogging” at the end of the “to do” list. Dean Shareski made me think about this a lot recently when he showed up in Thunder Bay and asked us […]
Two days ago, Julie Balen issued this challenge to her PLN. The idea was to follow the example provided by Ewan McIntosh, and share things we have learned along our journeys. So here are mine. 1. It Doesn’t Have to [Always] be Perfect If this had to be perfect, I would never get it posted. […]
Photo Credit: One-Fat-Man via Compfight cc A friend once said to me, “I never expect much of anything. That way, I am never disappointed.” It’s an odd way to live. I would sooner set my sights very high, and learn to get over any hint of disappointment. Reflecting on that makes me think […]
