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Marcello Mongardi wrote a new post, “One day you will be defined by your digital footprint, and you are about to take your first step…”, on the site A Person is People 6 days, 15 hours ago
That is the announcement that all Kindergarteners should be hearing as they get up from the rug and approach their computing machine for the very first time. As soon as they start clicking keys and swiping […] -
Marcello Mongardi wrote a new post, AUP revision – a collaborative conversation., on the site A Person is People 3 weeks, 2 days ago
For our final project I partnered up with Andre De Koker and Sarah Leonardis. We work in three different areas of the world, and our schools have different needs and challenges. As a result, our intention is to […]
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Marcello Mongardi wrote a new post, Beyond Technology and into Citizenship, on the site A Person is People 3 weeks, 6 days ago
I have been talking to colleagues and thinking and reading about digital citizenship lately, starting with asking people for their definitions and then getting into more specific understandings.
The […]
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Marcello Mongardi commented on the post, A Few “Techie” Tools I Use in My Classroom, on the site Exploring Digital Media in Education 4 weeks ago
Nice post! I love my document camera. I use it for all of my read alouds (if it’s a chapter book, I go through and load all of the illustrations up before hand, for a picture book I just lay under the live […]
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Marcello Mongardi wrote a new post, Creating a Sharing Community , on the site A Person is People 4 weeks, 1 day ago
It’s a tough nut, the one about teaching students not to infringe copyrights, not to download music and movies, etc etc. I have been reading lots of posts about it, and there are many ideas. The most […]
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Marcello Mongardi commented on the post, Share and Share Alike?, on the site Yet Another Blog 1 month ago
Hi Christina,
I am wandering through COETAIL and non-COETAIL blogs reading and commenting, hoping for a flicker of fire to leap into the inters section of my brain. It isn’t that I don’t find this interesting, […] -
Marcello Mongardi commented on the post, Unclear about Copyright, on the site Janette's Blog 1 month ago
Hi,
I liked your post. I fee that the answer to a few of your questions lies in the issue of community. Speaking personally, I consider myself as a person who creates content that lives on the internet. I do […]
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Marcello Mongardi commented on the post, Copy…right?, on the site Chewing Over 1 month ago
Hi Grant,
I teach 2nd grade, so I like to imagine these conversations going on in my room as well. The point of view/scenario activity strikes me as a creative way to approach a complicated notion.
On a […]
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Marcello Mongardi commented on the post, But I Loved the Mixed Tapes, on the site Number Guy 1 month, 1 week ago
Hi Dan,
I like your take on this. I posted about the same two clips, with a similar outlook. I am interested to read more through the article you posted from the Guardian. I would like to read something […]
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Marcello Mongardi wrote a new post, What’s So Funny About Copying, Transforming and Combining?, on the site A Person is People 1 month, 1 week ago
It seems like the copyright issue, especially as explained by Kirby Ferguson in his Everything is a Remix (Part Four) video, is another example of how a brilliant idea, designed to ensure the vitality and […]
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Marcello Mongardi wrote a new post, Privacy, Flipped, on the site A Person is People 1 month, 2 weeks ago
Privacy is about what we want the world to know about us, or what we want the world to be able to see about us and our life. I have read some great COETAIL posts about whether online privacy actually exists at […]
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Marcello Mongardi wrote a new post, Regarding Digital Literacy (or Literacies), on the site A Person is People 1 month, 3 weeks ago
Much of “technology time” in schools is spent in preparing students to become digitally literate, in one manner or another. All schools are somewhere along the continuum of edtech enlightenment, and the range of […] -
Marcello Mongardi wrote a new post, The Juice, on the site A Person is People 1 month, 3 weeks ago
In Italian, the expression for getting to the very essence of a discussion is to “get to the juice”. In this first week of Coetailing, I have had trouble getting to the juice of anything. I have found myself […]
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Marcello Mongardi wrote a new post, Uncomfortable?, on the site A Person is People 1 month, 3 weeks ago
I always read Tech Transformation, the blog by Maggie Hos-McGrane. She writes so concisely and thoughtfully, loves inquiry, and whenever I am done reading her blog, I find myself following the writers and […]
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Marcello Mongardi posted an update in the group iPads in the Primary Grades 2 months ago
We considered the iPad 2 vs iPad 3 scenario, and decided that at an elementary level the get 5 for the price of 4 deal with the iPad 2 was the way to go. Perhaps at a high school level the more discerning students will get more benefit from the higher quality camera of the iPad 3, but that was the only real issue that we thought might make a…[Read more]
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Laura Walter replied 4 weeks ago
We had this discussion at our school as well and came to the same conclusion–we’d rather have more iPads than newer iPads.
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Marcello Mongardi wrote a new post, Course 1 Final Project – Grade 2 – What Kind of Learner Am I?, on the site A Person is People 2 months ago
I have been working with my class this year on becoming more reflective learners. This is no small task in lower elementary, and after adjusting my expectations a little, we have been enjoying our small successes […]
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Marcello Mongardi commented on the post, ‘Messing Around’ More, on the site Riding On Our COETAILs 2 months, 1 week ago
Hey Clint,
I loved this post, ’cause I wile away days messing around. I love it, and it definitely opens doors for me (and as a consequence my students). My concern is that I am passionate about the […] -
Marcello Mongardi commented on the post, Uncomfortable?, on the site A Person is People 2 months, 1 week ago
Hey Brandon,
I love that quote. It really sums the whole thing up, doesn’t it. ‘Cause what is happening to information and learning is not going to slow down or wait until everyone is ready to adopt it, it is […]
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Marcello Mongardi commented on the post, Connectivity – is it optional?, on the site A Person is People 2 months, 3 weeks ago
Thanks for the comment Andrew. Yes, we have to rewire. I think that the “messing around” thing is so important, and that ties into passion. I love messing around and finding out how tech works, and therefore I […]
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Marcello Mongardi wrote a new post, Reflections on ASB unplugged, on the site A Person is People 2 months, 3 weeks ago
Last weekend I went to Mumbai with some fellow staff members to attend the ASB Unplugged conference. I had never been, but I had noticed the reverential tone of voice that most people adopted when they mention […] - Load More






