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Gary Collins commented on the post, A Few “Techie” Tools I Use in My Classroom, on the site Exploring Digital Media in Education 1 week ago
A document camera (we have the ELMO) is a tremendous tool. We use it extensively in social studies to share student writing. The kids actually like to get on the ELMO and show the why’s and how’s of the […]
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Gary Collins wrote a new post, Course 2 Final Project, on the site Tire Swing 1 week, 1 day ago
Context
As I read posts from fellow COETAIL bloggers through both of these first two courses, it reinforces what I already knew about my school with regard to technology integration. At my school, we […]
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Gary Collins wrote a new post, Week 5 Reflections, on the site Tire Swing 1 week, 3 days ago
This week’s COETAIL big idea is – What makes the web so powerful? – and the resources focused on the how’s and why’s of sharing information and attributing others’ work on the web.My first reflections […]
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Gary Collins wrote a new post, Cyberbullying, on the site Tire Swing 3 weeks, 2 days ago
This week’s focus for COETAIL was cyberbullying and safe behavior in the social media realm, centered around the big idea – “Who is responsibility is it to teach students to be safe online?”I read fellow […]
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Gary Collins commented on the post, It’s because we’re a bunch of degenerates, on the site A Kick in the Head 3 weeks, 3 days ago
Thoughtful and insightful post Matt. Your thoughts challenged me in a couple of ways. First, I believe you are absolutely correct in that we need to teach ethics and moral behavior – not merely model these in […]
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Gary Collins commented on the post, Copyright, Mashups, Plagiarism, and Information Management, on the site A Kick in the Head 1 month ago
Thank you for the link to Adam Renfro’s article – and your thoughts on his main ideas. I went to the site and read the entirety of the article. I was somewhat surprised at the two “most egregious offenses […]
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Gary Collins commented on the post, A rolling stone, on the site Hangarau 1 month ago
I guess I missed Ben Sheridan’s blog – and link to the disconnect.me website. I went to check it out after reading your post here. Very interesting explanation and video on their website, and I plan to download […]
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Gary Collins wrote a new post, Copyright Conversations, on the site Tire Swing 1 month, 1 week ago
I found the handy flowchart above on a blog/studio (interesting description) called SwissMiss. A funny and informative infographic! Love funny AND informative…
This week I watched the CommonCraft video <a […]
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Gary Collins wrote a new post, Online Trust … and Accountability, on the site Tire Swing 1 month, 2 weeks ago
We just returned from our first EARCOS conference in Bangkok – and a few days of R+R afterward in the south of Thailand. Refreshed, energized, and ready get back to work and to COETAIL. OK – mostly ready.
You […]
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Gary Collins commented on the post, Digital Footprint, on the site Tire Swing 1 month, 2 weeks ago
I completely agree with how you out that – “to help them make tech-savvy choices.” You could just take out the words “tech-savvy,” and wouldn’t that apply to ALL learning situations? Isn’t that point of health […]
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Gary Collins wrote a new post, Digital Footprint, on the site Tire Swing 1 month, 3 weeks ago
As I reflect on this week’s readings on maintaining a positive digital footprint, I find myself switching between my teacher-hat and my parent-hat, much like Will Richardson in the Educational Leadership article “<a […]
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Gary Collins wrote a new post, Course 1 Reflection, on the site Tire Swing 1 month, 4 weeks ago
On the (fifteen minute) commute to work this morning, I was listening to a BBC World Service programme called Global Business, on which they had an interview with Allan Moore the author of No Straight Lines. […] -
Gary Collins wrote a new post, Course 1 Final Project, on the site Tire Swing 2 months, 1 week ago
Summary of the Final Project
This project is a part of a unit I am currently doing with my sixth grade geography students here in Dhahran. The Essential Questions here – we call them the “Big Ideas” – are […]
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Gary Collins commented on the post, Be. Less. Helpful., on the site A Kick in the Head 2 months, 1 week ago
Hi Matt. I teach Grade 6 at Saudi Aramco Schools in Dhahran. We are an American school – so I have only a basic understanding of IB and ICGSE. We are changing our sixth grade curriculum next year from geography […]
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Gary Collins wrote a new post, Reflections (?) from a Busy Week, on the site Tire Swing 2 months, 1 week ago
Drinking from a Fire Hose
It has been a crazy busy week – in all facets of life. But…I have done my reading for this class, kept up (mostly) with readings from my RSS reader, read and commented on a couple of […] -
Gary Collins commented on the post, Reflection: Shaping Tech for the Classroom, on the site Tire Swing 2 months, 1 week ago
Kristi:
I was referring to your post. I cannot always track back and find the blog posts I read and remembered (sorta). Something to learn…
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Gary Collins commented on the post, Using Blogs for E-Portfolios, on the site IT For the Young Mind 2 months, 1 week ago
At our school, we too use the big, bulky binder as learning portfolios. (In my next career, I want to be the guy who supplies binders to Saudi Aramco. I could retire in a few months!) Anyway…I have followed […]
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Gary Collins commented on the post, COETAIL guinea pigs, on the site Harvey 2 months, 1 week ago
Thank you for sharing the link to the article and the video tutorial. I can identify with the comments of your students (and those mentioned in the article). I feel those moments of hesitation in commenting on a […]
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Gary Collins wrote a new post, Hanging Out and Messing Around, on the site Tire Swing 2 months, 2 weeks ago
This week I have been doing a lot of reflecting on the readings from the Digital Youth Project summary. The short video clip on You Tube helped me to pull together and further grasp the ways in which our kids […]
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Gary Collins wrote a new post, Playing to Learn – Learn This!, on the site Tire Swing 2 months, 2 weeks ago
While I am learning to grow my PLN, slowly but surely, I am quite certain that I am more of a consumer than a producer / node on someone else’s PLN. That said, I am enjoying the ride and starting to feel the […]
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