iPads in the Classroom - Teacher Inquiry

This six page teacher inquiry was written as the final component for a York University Additional Qualifications course on teaching with technology.

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Reflections on the Internet in Schools

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TDSB's Online Code of Conduct in Kid Language

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Problem-Solving for Primary Students

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Two Problem-Solving Models

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Sample iPad Lesson: Exploring Our Community

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Technology in Room 210: 2010/2011 School Year

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Technology/Exceptionality Gap Analysis: Rose Avenue Public School

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iPads in the Classroom - Teacher Inquiry

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Literacy in the Information Age

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St. James Town Time-Lapse

This film was created in partial fulfilment of a York University Additional Qualifications course (Integrating ICT into Instruction, Part Two).  I explain the harrowing journey of my first attempt at time-lapse in the article below the imbedded video.  You can click on the text to enlarge it.

Tilt Shift. Rose Avenue in Miniature.

For the next 24 hours, I'm shooting a time lapse video of St. James Town.  If the project works out, it'll be really cool.  Until then, my favourite computer is indisposed.  What's a geek to do?  As I wait for my camera to capture all 1080 stills for this 45 second video, I'm taking a break from homework to play with Photoshop.  I'm making tilt-shift pictures with photographs I've already taken (faking shallow depth of field to simulate miniature scenes).  There's a pretty good tutorials all over the Internet.  It's a good way to spend a Monday morning.

What Makes a Good Website?

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Sample Lesson: Getting to Know You

Here is a sample.  Read the paragraph in the purple box to read a little about the task.

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Here is a sample where I use myself as an example:

Software Subject Matrix

The following matrix is an example of how certain types of software could be used in the context of an elementary classroom.

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Assessment in My Technologically-Focused Classroom

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Power and Equity in the Classroom

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Information Literacy

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Sample Unit: Writing Yearbooks

The following pages were produced as required components for an additional qualifications course.  These pages are a working model for a unit that I plan on teaching during the forthcoming school year.

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Software Subject Matrix

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