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		<title>Essential Tech Tools for NEW and Experienced Educators</title>
		<description><![CDATA[What am I introducing to New Teachers as Essentials? While I focus heavily on the TPACK framework during teaching, here are a few of the TECHNOLOGY TOOLS/KNOWLEDGE that my course (s)  includes: In my current role as a Pre-Service Instructor at Brock University, I have small window of opportunity to introduce (and model) to new [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://pipedreams-education.ca/2012/01/21/essential-tech-tools-for-new-and-experienced-educators/</link>
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		<title>Parent Engagement and Social Media</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Like many of my fellow Edu-bloggers, my posts often reflect both my parent and teacher perspective. As a parent,  I worry that my children, while in school,  are not experiencing the realities that technologies offers in the real world. As a parent, I worry that my children are being limited at school and are not [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://pipedreams-education.ca/2011/12/02/parent-engagement-and-social-media/</link>
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		<title>Teachers Leading Teachers</title>
		<description><![CDATA[These are a just few words that come to mind when I reflect on how I felt as I toured the hundreds of projects that were on display at the #TLLP2011 summit this past weekend in Toronto, Ontario. What an honour! Together, teachers gathered from across Ontario’s 72 District school boards &#8211; all grades, disciplines, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://pipedreams-education.ca/2011/11/16/739/</link>
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		<title>Leaders &#8211; do you know your staff&#8217;s learning needs? Does it matter to you?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Over the last 10 weeks, I have had the most humbling opportunity to influence pre-service Teachers during their final year before they enter the profession. Having had a taste of instructional leadership in my grad studies, and within a school district and now in a Faculty of Education, I have noticed that the approach to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://pipedreams-education.ca/2011/11/10/leaders-do-you-know-your-staffs-learning-needs-does-it-matter-to-you/</link>
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		<title>Gaming and learning &#8211; are they connected?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In 2010, I began experimenting with gaming in my classroom. In my Grade Six classroom, &#8216;play&#8217; wasn&#8217;t just about learning the facts and materials, but about creating an environment where they were most comfortable.  Using Wii Olympics to have students virtually play participate in Luge or skiing events and then write down, sort, compare and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://pipedreams-education.ca/2011/09/17/gaming-and-learning-are-they-connected/</link>
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		<title>New Teachers &#8216;&#8230;the times they are a-changin&#8217;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Come gather &#8217;round people Wherever you roam And admit that the waters Around you have grown And accept it that soon You&#8217;ll be drenched to the bone If your time to you Is worth savin&#8217; Then you better start swimmin&#8217; Or you&#8217;ll sink like a stone For the times they are a-changin&#8217;. (Bob Dylan, 1964) [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://pipedreams-education.ca/2011/09/15/new-teachers-the-times-they-are-a-changin/</link>
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		<title>Connected Coach &#8211; an authentic Professional Development Model</title>
		<description><![CDATA[From the bottom of my heart and with every single fibre of my body, I thank those leaders and principals and district decision makers for giving teachers an opportunity to learn with other teachers in an authentic, customized and  inquiry driven  environment that focuses on the most current and changing educational pedagogues. Thank you. There [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://pipedreams-education.ca/2011/09/04/connected-coach-an-authentic-professional-development-model/</link>
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		<title>Why Relationships Matter: An &#8216;Unplugd&#8217; Model</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There are many takeaways from Unplugd11 and finding just one theme to write about is difficult. Do I write about the authentic collaboration and peer review of essays? Do I write about the deep conversations that took place in our small and large groups? Do I write about how 37 educators joined together, leaving behind [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://pipedreams-education.ca/2011/08/12/why-relationships-matter-an-unplugd-model/</link>
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		<title>New Knowledge in the Digital Age</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been thinking a lot lately about how Knowledge is changing in the digital age.  With all the amazing resources, tools, connections, community information, mediums, people -it really all comes down to access, information and data. The World Wide Web has allowed us to access people, places and community &#8211; and how we are handling [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://pipedreams-education.ca/2011/07/23/new-knowledge-in-the-digital-age/</link>
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		<title>One Teacher&#8217;s Passion about ART changed everything for my child</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I dedicate this post to my son&#8217;s teacher &#8211; Christopher Stewart. I thank him &#8211; sincerely &#8211; for giving my son the gift of art. My little guy had a rough start at school. For the first few years, he wouldn&#8217;t speak (at school) in front of any teacher. We worked with his teachers (excellent [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://pipedreams-education.ca/2011/06/16/one-teachers-passion-about-art-changed-everything-for-my-child/</link>
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