PIPEDREAMS

MindMeister brings the concept of mind mapping to the web, using its facilities for real-time collaboration to allow truly global brainstorming sessions. Users can create, manage and share mind maps online and access them anytime, from anywhere. In brainstorming mode, fellow MindMeisters from around the world (or just in different rooms) can simultaneously work on [...]

Everyday that I spend in the classroom, I become more and more convinced that we need to begin changing the way we are delivering our curriculum. Today was no exception. Wayne McPhail, a Social Media Expert and Journalism teacher from Western and Ryerson University visited my classroom and we engaged in a conversation about meaningful  [...]

PODCAST – Listen here: Students tell what they learned about our Global Connections We started our second day of the school year in Australia. At 9:15 ET, @jjash, an innovative educator in Australia,  contacted our classroom through Skype. Admittedly, I was just as excited as my students. She described her rural yard and told us [...]

Today was the first day of school, September 8, 2009. This was like no other first day. We started the morning by welcoming and congratulating JK/SK students in Sault Saint Marie, Ontario via Skype, thanks to Mr. Poluk.  Many of my students were stunned and they quietly watched as I read the primary students, 500 [...]

Vision without action is a daydream. Action without vision is a nightmare. – Japanese proverb