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Hello and thanks for dropping by my website. You will find connections here to my favourite projects, people and websites. Some of them are mine and some belong to people who I know and respect. As time goes by I’ll add more content so I hope that you will subscribe to this or one of my other blogs to keep in touch. For those of you who do not know me, I’ve posted my bio here.

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Twitter is for people who have nothing better to do.

If you haven’t seen Twitter in action, you would naturally think that people announcing what they ate for breakfast and dinner is a huge waste of time. Even people who sign up and try out Twitter often say the same thing. What? Don’t people have something better to do with their time? Actually it . . . → Read More: Twitter is for people who have nothing better to do.

Helping you become a change agent – beginner series

Last night I participated in a TLCafe session at Learncentral. Gywneth Jones and Joyce Valenza had Ben Hazzard and Rodd Lucier review their Educon presentation “Field Guide for Change Agents” I enjoyed the Educon workshop and their presentation last night as well.

Out of the chat room came an interesting discussion about Derek . . . → Read More: Helping you become a change agent – beginner series

Welcome to Classroom 2.0 Live video

Parent Reaching Out portal

This screencast is used by the pilots schools for the Niagara Catholic Regional School Council Parent Reaching Out Project. Parents are able to participate in events using an online portal. More info

Classroomblogging for Beginners

A workshop offered as part of the Beginner series at www.elearningcenter.ca

Twitter for Beginners

This workshop is one in the beginner series offered at elearningcenter.ca

Online Italian Language program for adults – introductory video

This short video is used as an introduction to an online Italian Language program for adults for the Hamilton Dante Centre.

Student Learning a Parent Focus

This presentation was given at the Niagara Catholic School Council Convention April 2008. Student Learning a Parent Focus . . . → Read More: Student Learning a Parent Focus

Classroom Blogging

Classroomblogging.com is a compilation of ideas, resources and tutorials to help parents and teachers use blogs to support student learning. Advice for beginner bloggers is available to quick start anyone interesting in blogging.

Parents as Partners

Ourschool.ca is a forum for parents and educators to discuss issues related to parents and schools. The site also serves as an archive for the recorded shows from the Parents as Partners webcast at www.edtechtalk.com as well as my thoughts and information about schools and parents. This blog placed second in the 2008 . . . → Read More: Parents as Partners