I had a chuckle this morning on twitter about a post that said something of the order “Stop blaming the computer, it’s often you that’s causing the problem!” Clicking the mouse 29 times in rapid succession does not make things go faster, it actually tries to run what you just clicked on 14-29 times depending […]
Category: Communication
Parent Internet Session – March 10th
Come join Jarrod Bell (Principal of Technology) and Norbert Kaspar (Vice Principal NBCDES) as they present their second Parent Internet Session of the year. Demystifying the Internet (March 10 – 7:00 – 8:30 – SB0 – School District Office back door, in the District Development Centre) Facebook? Twitter? Youtube? Moodle? What’s all this stuff? This […]
Digital Tattoo Presentation – Feb 4 @ 4:45pm MST
I’ll be doing a presentation on Digital Tattoo – considerations for educators around their online public and private lives. February 4th, at 4:45pm MST on Elluminate, come join me for this CEET presentation (Community of Expertise in Educational Technology) http://elgg.openschool.bc.ca/pg/event_calendar/view/4015
Moodle explained with Lego
Internet Safety Presentation with Parents
Internet Safety with Parents Had an enjoyable evening with several parents last night about internet and safety. I’ve included the presentation above, but it was mostly great conversations. I tracked questions and concerns on twitter and have included them below. jbellsd60 what are the right questions to be asking our kids? #sd60 jbellsd60 time and […]
Where do I register my child for school?
Parents asking which school should I register my student in (home school) can check the Baragar web tool that asks for your address. The tool will give you the K-12 schools your child should attend. If parents wish for their students to attend a different school, they still need to register at the home school […]
Tech Aware Podcast – Episode 1 – Digital Tattoo
The Tech Aware Podcast was created as part of a joint Professional Growth Plan with Norbert Kaspar and Jarrod Bell. The Tech Aware podcast is focuses at students but helpful as well for parents, and teachers. Our first monthly episode looks at your Digital Tattoo. What are you posting or what is being posted about […]
Technology Professional Development
Norbert Kaspar and Jarrod Bell will be offering additional pro-d sessions on technology. Here is the schedule and topics SMART Boards (SBO RM132 Jan 14th 3:30-5:00) Google Education & Extensions (Jan. 18 @ 3:30pm @ NPSS lab) SMART Boards (Feb. 11 – SBO RM132 3:30-5:00) WIKIs & Blogs Edublog Edu Paint / PB Wiki (Feb. […]
Digital Tattoo
I’ll borrow UBC’s Digital Tattoo website name for a presentation I’m doing this afternoon with the AHCOTE teachers about their digitial presence online and where they may need to be for their future teaching careers. Here’s the preso. Digital Tattoo Presentation (PPT)
Disruption is Coming
http://shift2future.blogspot.com/2009/12/disruption-is-coming.html A colleague of mine in a different school district puts it nicely in his blog post above. As more and more technology and content approaches “free” we should expect to see it in our schools. Rather than apply the “no hat/no gum” approaches that have resulted in nothing but conflict we need to look […]