http://lightinthewoods.edublogs.org Can we see through the trees? Wed, 25 Jun 2008 04:39:50 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Today, I met with the Centre for Academic Technologies at the University of Regina. The topic of discussion was possibilities for, and the potential of, mobile tools and learning. In preparation for this discussion I prepared this wiki on Mobile Tools. You will find links to stories, possible tools, ideas ... http://lightinthewoods.edublogs.org/2008/06/25/enhancing-learning-experiences-with-mobile-tools/ Some twitter folks may of followed bits of this scenario if they had been on twitter at all yesterday. If not, try to follow along. Here is how it started... In that third tweet, I shouldn't have used the typical teacher talk to refer to the classroom conversation as a 'lesson'. ... http://lightinthewoods.edublogs.org/2008/05/30/on-being-cool/ As I scanned twitter tonight, I watched as Guy Kawasaki aka. @guykawasaki, the man behind Alltop & Truemors, blew off a request for a website review. Typical, right? Who can blame the man, he probably gets spammed with these type of requests all the time. But, I followed this request by @ashvala, ... http://lightinthewoods.edublogs.org/2008/05/23/guy-and-the-kid/ Last week I was helping Moose Jaw teacher, Sandi Kerney, set up Skype. She was preparing for her class call to Sgt. Paul Park in Afghanistan. Unfortunately on that Thursday morning of the call, Paul had difficulty with his connection and Skype. The students were so disappointed ... http://lightinthewoods.edublogs.org/2008/05/12/virtual-university-tour/ | View | Upload your own *note: uploading to slideshare changed the layout and design of the slides Creation of Bear's Birthday The origin of this project lies in my interest in digital storytelling and my lack of having created many examples of quality or substance. A spark hit the paper ... http://lightinthewoods.edublogs.org/2008/04/09/bears-birthday-reflections/ [kml_flashembed movie="http://ca.youtube.com/v/IziAudOyPUk" width="425" height="350" wmode="transparent" /] This is my first uploaded draft of this children's story. This piece has seen much trial & error many edits to get to the stage it is at. I am still not totally satisfied with the final product but am posting it here ... http://lightinthewoods.edublogs.org/2008/04/01/bears-birthday/ During my first degree, I was fortunate to participate in a co-operative work experience program.  I had the opportunity to learn the introductory ropes of the administration profession by building relationships in the organizations I worked with.  Then, just this fall I completed my teaching internship in a Moose Jaw ... http://lightinthewoods.edublogs.org/2008/03/17/connecting-learning-beyond-the-walls/ I've have been drafting a lot of posts recently and publishing none. I am becoming more critical of my own work and am making a conscious effort to ensure the pieces I create are high quality. Their are a few forces driving this process. It ... http://lightinthewoods.edublogs.org/2008/03/14/happy-trails/ I was inspired by this blog by Anne Collier, which was written in response to Andrew Keen's Cult of the Amateur. I am part way through this book and felt as though it was time for a brief rant. In his book, Andrew argues that all of the ... http://lightinthewoods.edublogs.org/2008/02/12/why-i-like-web-20/ As part of my writing course, we participate in mock writing lessons. Yesterday was letter writing, and the assignment was to write a simulated letter from the perspective of a grade 5 student. This letter was in response to a new intern inquiring about student advice ... http://lightinthewoods.edublogs.org/2008/02/06/listening-to-youth/