List of Posts

• The Science of Passion Based Learning
• The “Loafer Effect” and Project-Based Learning
• “A Vision” by the Ontario Public School Boards’ Association
• Andy Puddicombe: All it takes is 10 mindful minutes | Video on TED.com
• Thanks to Facilitators for Excellent Minds On Media at ECOO12
• FOLLOW Global Dignity Day – Oct. 17th
• Global Dignity Day 2012 – Get Involved!
• Critical Thinking using “Skype in the Classroom”
• PBL? Am I Doing it Right?
• Envisioning the Future of Educational Technology
• You might look – but you may not see.
• John Seely Brown at PLP Live and #ECOO12
• “Instant America” – We are impatient!
• I’m Confused! Thought I was a Social Constructionist!
• “Thinking, Fast & Slow” – Wondering about implications for schools
• The Power of ‘Knowledge Sharing’: Tools to Do So
• Intentional Serendipity – “Getting to where ideas can find you”
• Intentional Serendipity – Unpacked!
• Question Authority – (6 of 6)
• Emotional Rescue (5 of 6)
• Post Gutenberg Parenthesis – (4 of 6)
• The Trickery of Temporary Truths (3 of 6)
• Limited, and Fooled, By Our Senses (2 of 6)
• Humankind is Both Art & Science (1 of 6)
• Co-creation Viewed Differently…
• Global Dignity Day – Express Guide!
• Join Global Dignity Day!
• Collaborative Projects: What Does It Mean to ‘Co-construct’?
• Reflective Cognition vs More Information: It’s a Choice!
• One 21st Century Skill Requires Another – ‘Mindfulness’
• OTF Teaching & Learning in 21st Century – July 2011
• Join Canada’s “Powerful Learning Practice”
• “It’s not about the tool” – a naïve myth.
• Computer Deployment – A Loss of the Locus of Control
• YMCA Academy’s Guiding Principles for Working with Youth
• Education or Subjugation – Power & Empowerment in Schools
• Intentional Serendipity
• The Importance of the ‘First Follower’
• Why do we think what we think?
• OTF’s Teaching & Learning in the 21st Century
• Why Should Students Collaborate?
• Overwhelmed – A Maze of Cognitive Turbulence
• The ‘Drip Effects’ of Technology
• We Make Mistakes and Don’t Even Know It
• More Regular Posting
• OTF and CUE present Google Workshop for Educators
• “Get Active Toronto” – Mayoral Town Hall
• When violence becomes entertaining…
• Educators Worth Following – ISTE10
• Papert: Not Just Logo!
• Blue dye plus water? Or blue water?
• Lessons of the Long Tail for Professional Learning
• Bricolage, Schools & the Internet
• Deep Understanding & the Issue of Transfer
• Scaffolding for Deep Understanding
• Minds Meeting Media – Students in Charge
• The Fallacy of 21st Century Skills
• The Wisdom of Experience Meets the Enthusiasm of Novices – Educon Reflection
• LDATD Presentation Links
• Can Students Multitask?
• Empowerment – Constructivism vs Instructivism
• ZPD – Who’s in Charge Here?
• PBL – Who IS in Charge? What Tools can Help?
• The Shoe Store Analogy
• The Backchannel: What Affects Its Efficacy?
• The Roger Waters Phenomenon
• PBL – the New Worksheet
• HIDDEN – a project that worked
• ECOO Reflections – Part ll
• Respecting the ‘Desire to Know’ – ECOO Reflections
• The ‘Backchannel’ – A Matter of Perspective
• The Construction Zone at the YMCA Academy