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How “Integrated” is Augmented Reality?

Ever since I took this position as a tech integrator, I spend most of my time reflecting on whether or not the things I teach are truly integrated into our curriculum. I came across SAMR last year when I was still teaching Kindergarten, and it immediately helped me to...

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My First Learning 2.0 Conference

Exhausted... Yep, that's how I felt and probably the way I looked too after Learning 2.014 at NIST in Bangkok, Thailand. It was the good kind of exhausted though. The kind where you're overloaded with so much inspiration that you just conk out. After a bit of...

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The Profile of a Modern Teacher

One of the greatest misconceptions in education today is that certain teachers have a higher natural aptitude in technology than others. This inspirationalgraphic sets out to disprove that notion and remind the audience that external skills are only a function of the...

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Tell Me a Story

What's the Story Here? Going through course 3 has changed the way I look at images. It has changed the way I search for images for my blog posts and presentations. It is changed the way I interpret them. I am not as literal when looking at or for images. I ask more...

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Your Best Idea X 100

When I was at the 2013 Apple ADE institute in Bali we all began work on a "One Best Thing" iBook (link launches iTunes). At the time I didn't really grasp the idea and sort of passed it off as a bit trivial. Nevertheless I was excited about some collaborative projects...

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It Began with Spilt Milk

Nice to Meet You... Lucky me, I was one of the many COETAILers at Learning 2.014 in Bangkok last weekend! On the first morning I arrived at the HUB ready and excited for Pre-conferences. Naturally, I headed straight for the coffee to make sure that I stayed awake and...

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CARP Visual Design Principles for Elementary Students

When looking around, I noticed that there were a few teaching resources for the CRAP/CARP design principles (contrast, repetition, alignment and proximity), but most of them were made for middle and high school students. I therefore created a poster intended for...

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Back in the US…S…S…A

My family and I have relocated back to the good ole USA. I've enrolled in an educational leadership and technology PhD program at the University of Kentucky here in Lexington, KY. So far I really like it. I've thought about working towards a PhD for quite a while but...

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What’s the Opposite of Zen?

  Clearing My Eyes Coming from an early childhood background, I tend to gravitate toward lots of bright color. I loved it best when my classroom looked like it had thrown up rainbows everywhere, it was never too much! Now, I'm not saying all early childhood...

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