What is #EdTech and Why Integrate? A Discussion Question.

"Post a brief paragraph with your definition of educational technology and your thoughts about why we should integrate technology into learning. " This discussion question was posed in a class I'm taking on Educational Media and Technology. Here is my response. How would you approach this? Educational technologies include both objects and strategies when they [...]

Posted by milesmac on January 30th, 2013 | No Comments Posted in Pedagogy

PLNs should include the teacher next door

PLN Connections We talk a lot on Twitter and in each other's blogs about the value of connectedness. Our  PLNs are those folks who share amazing ideas, engage in research, think passionately about practice, and care deeply for students. I love my mornings with a hot cup of coffee, Twitter, and my RSS feed on [...]

Posted by milesmac on January 15th, 2013 | No Comments Posted in Pedagogy

Happy Cake Day, Milestomes.com

December 14, 2011 Milestomes.com was born with the blogpost "How Grades Change Conversations About Assessment & Achievement" I wanted to start blogging partly in fulfillment of my employer's requirement to submit an annual statement of professional growth, but mostly because I started Tweeting and reading other blogs. I wanted to be part of the conversation and the professional dialogue. [...]

Posted by milesmac on December 14th, 2012 | No Comments Posted in big ideas, Pedagogy

Index of Student Focused Assessment Series

Overview Goal Setting Engagement Portfolio Growth Statements Student Led Conferences Forms    

Posted by milesmac on December 4th, 2012 | 1 Comment Posted in Assessment, Pedagogy

Reflection & Self-evaluation forms for Student Focused Assessment Model (pt7)

Reflection & Self-Evaluation Forms This is a companion to the six articles on the assessment and reporting practice used at my school for the past 15 years or so. While things have evolved over time, and recent changes to our provincial reporting requirements are challenging the way we do things, this is a snapshot of [...]

Posted by milesmac on December 3rd, 2012 | 4 Comments Posted in Assessment, Pedagogy, Resources

Student-Led Conferences in Student Focused Assessment Series (pt 5)

This is the sixth of six articles on the assessment and reporting practice used at my school for the past 15 years This post explores student-led conferences. While things have evolved over time, and recent changes to our provincial reporting requirements are challenging the way we do things, this is a snapshot of the ideal, [...]

Posted by milesmac on December 2nd, 2012 | 4 Comments Posted in Assessment

Teachers and Shrodinger's Cat: Connected Educators on Social Media

If Shrodinger's cat would meow, we'd know whether it is alive or dead. If teachers talked about what they are doing in the classrooms... A report from the box would be helpful for everyone. Many connected educators are working to get out of the box, open the doors, tear down the walls, get out of the building, virtually and [...]

Posted by milesmac on December 1st, 2012 | No Comments Posted in Pedagogy

"The Filter Bubble" by Eli Pariser: Speed Read

"The Filter Bubble" by Eli Pariser I called these posts "speed reads" because I really zipped through the book, skimming and scanning and synthesizing my own understandings into the statements below. It's not impossible that I completely missed the point or got off on a tangent that doesn't reflect the author's intent. I trust that readers will [...]

Posted by milesmac on November 1st, 2012 | No Comments Posted in Speed Reads

Sharing projects, pedagogy, and predictions with GameToLearn

Posted by milesmac on November 1st, 2012 | 2 Comments Posted in Pedagogy

"I don't want to need it someday. I need to want it now."

If school is preparation for work, and work is what we do to live, then when do we live? Viewing school as something we do to prepare for the "real world" or for some career in "the future" we lose sight of the present. Today's activities are not done solely to achieve some nebulous future goal. [...]

Posted by milesmac on October 31st, 2012 | 3 Comments Posted in Pedagogy
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