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Monthly Archives: October 2011
Digital Storytelling via VoiceThread
Living in Indonesia never gets boring. Whether it’s the violent rainstorms pummeling us on mountain bike rides, surfing rogue waves on rickety boats across deep ocean chasms between Lombok and Bali, or discovering wild creature lurking outside your doorstep, there … Continue reading
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Tagged Digital conversations, Digital Story, digital storytelling, literacy, presentation, storytelling, VoiceThread
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Biking in Borneo: a rite of passage
Here is an article I wrote that was published in International School Services NewLinks. This article was referenced in a previous post, Geocaching: The Salok Api Ride. Biking in Borneo: a rite of passage “How much further until we reach the beach, … Continue reading
Posted in Personal
Tagged 5 themes of geography, Borneo, Mountain Biking, publishing, Salok Api
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Geocaching: the Salok Api Ride
Time to clean up the bikes and upload the data! We just returned from the geocache bike ride that I helped organize and lead with grade 5 and 6 students in Salok Api, located north of Balikpapan, Indonesia (on the … Continue reading
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Tagged Borneo, Digital Story, Geocache, GPS, iMapMyRIDE, Kirk Sullivian, technology in, Tools, Umea University, VoiceThread
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Schools Don’t Teach. People Do
A few years back, while living and working in Cambodia, I met a young, motivated woman who founded an non-governmental organization to improve the lives of rural Cambodians. Her name is Daniela Rubi Papi, she is the founder of PEPY Rides, … Continue reading
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Tagged admitting failure, Daniel Papi, David Damberger, inspiring, learning from failure, NGO, PEPY Rides, TedTalks, Voluntourism
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Vocabulary-Building Poems
The dynamic duo of Michael Salinger and Sara Holbrook, slam poets, authors, writing coaches extraordinaire, shared at the EARCOS Conference how to build a strong, bolder vocabulary using poetry. The lesson below was taken from Michael and Sara’s recently published … Continue reading
Posted in Ed Tech, Personal
Tagged Google Docs, iframe, literacy, Michael Salinger, poem, Sara Holbrook, slam poetry, Taylor Mali, Video, visiting author, Vocabulary
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Infographic Experiential Model
Aristolte once said: “For the things we have to learn before we can do them, we learn by doing them.” Leading students in experiential activities is what I love doing. Asking them to tap into own strengths and discover their … Continue reading
Posted in Ed Tech, Personal
Tagged experiential eduction, infographic, Outdoor adventure, retreat, Tools
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Reading Response Letter
I am getting ready to wrap up my students’ independent reading study. Students have been asked to write me a Response Letter reflecting about their most recently read book. The purpose of Response Letter is to: 1) Capture the students’ … Continue reading
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Tagged iframe, letter writing, literacy, reading, Technology integration
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Visuals Boost Brain Power
Understanding how the brain works will make us better parents, teachers, students, and leaders. Get the rules, the Brain Rules by John Medina. Medina points out in Rule #10 that vision aces over all other senses. “We are incredible at … Continue reading
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Tagged Artistic, Brain Food, Brain Power, Brain Rules, John Medina, RSA Animate, Steven Johnson, Where do good ideas come from
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