Garry Leroy Baker @bakergarry ?
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Garry Leroy Baker commented on the post, Great Leap and Voicethread, on the site Garry Leroy Baker 2 weeks, 5 days ago
Thanks for the ideas. You are right, everyone could use speaking practice either in a heritage language or a second language. How did you choose to use VoiceThread instead of Garageband, for example? Do you have […]
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Garry Leroy Baker wrote a new post, Great Leap and Voicethread, on the site Garry Leroy Baker 2 weeks, 5 days ago
My Grade 10 Pre-AP students recently completed a unit on the Chinese Revolution. This was a good opportunity for them to combine their own interests in Chinese history with the photographic archives and […]
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Garry Leroy Baker commented on the post, Mirror, Mirror,…, on the site Garry Leroy Baker 1 month ago
Thank you for reading my post. I had not thought about how digital footprints, like mirrors, can distort. As you say, they can also be distorted by the audience depending on what the viewer wants to see. I will […]
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Garry Leroy Baker wrote a new post, “Father or Fanatic?” Digital Propaganda Unit Project, on the site Garry Leroy Baker 3 months ago
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Garry Leroy Baker commented on the post, Coetail as a competitive advantage, on the site Adam Seldis 6 months, 1 week ago
Adam,
Thank you for sharing video resume. It captured who I think you are from knowing you through COETAIL. You have inspired me to try to make one, too.
I would make one suggestion. When you were speaking […]
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Garry Leroy Baker wrote a new post, Final Project Reflection: Digital Family History Project, on the site Garry Leroy Baker 6 months, 1 week ago
Japan Joins the UN from ISSH on Vimeo.
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Garry Leroy Baker wrote a new post, Robespierre and the Backchannel, on the site Garry Leroy Baker 6 months, 1 week ago
I have been thinking of inviting Robespierre to my AP European History class this year.It started when I was hooked into reading an article by AHA Vice President Patty Limerick in which she defended live […]
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Garry Leroy Baker wrote a new post, Social Media Dictatorships, on the site Garry Leroy Baker 7 months, 1 week ago
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Garry Leroy Baker wrote a new post, All Aboard!, on the site Garry Leroy Baker 7 months, 1 week ago
I was reminded this week about the importance of having all stakeholders aboard when increasing the level of technology integration in the school and, especially, the classroom. It is in the classroom that […]
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Garry Leroy Baker wrote a new post, Flipped: The other side of the coin, on the site Garry Leroy Baker 7 months, 3 weeks ago
I have been including the Flipped Classroom model in my teaching and I have learned several things. Flipped instruction can be infinitely tailored to my students and their shared knowledge, it allows me to […]
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Garry Leroy Baker wrote a new post, Digital Project Rubric, on the site Garry Leroy Baker 8 months ago
I have created the rubric for the Family Digital History Project that my Grade 10 students. My goal is to include more authentic opportunities for them to work as historians.With this rubric I wanted to […]
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Garry Leroy Baker wrote a new post, Cold War Mashup Projects: The Results, on the site Garry Leroy Baker 11 months, 1 week ago
This week my Grade 10 students completed their Cold War Mashup projects. I will include two of the 20 final projects here as samples. I learned a lot from the students by teaching this project.
<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/42877882" frameborder="0" width="500" […]
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Garry Leroy Baker wrote a new post, Managing Laptops in the Classroom, on the site Garry Leroy Baker 11 months, 2 weeks ago
In the classroom with laptops, I try to continue the tone that I use when I teach in a more traditional setting while including the advice from dskmag’s 23 Things About Classroom Laptops. Students receive a […] -
Garry Leroy Baker wrote a new post, Project: Using Visual Literacy to Ask the Right Questions, on the site Garry Leroy Baker 11 months, 2 weeks ago
My Grade 10 history students study Japan from the 1840s to 1945.The Japan unit is not bad but I wanted to find ways to make it more relevant to students who study this unit while […]
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Garry Leroy Baker commented on the post, Laptop Learning Curve, on the site Madeleine Cox 11 months, 2 weeks ago
Thanks for the post. I recognize many of the changes you mentioned in my own teaching. If I were to suggest one more point, it would relate to how much more there is to try. When I read your post, my first […]
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Garry Leroy Baker commented on the post, UN Secretary General Ad Campaign, on the site Garry Leroy Baker 11 months, 2 weeks ago
Adam, thanks for your thoughts. I agree, compared to the archetype that I had for this project, the results sometimes went in other directions. I would have liked to have included two or three examples so that you […]
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Garry Leroy Baker commented on the post, Teaching with NETs, on the site Garry Leroy Baker 11 months, 2 weeks ago
Adam, thanks for writing. You are right, gaps would be a risk with this approach.
After further reflection, I realized that at ISSH we have more of a hybrid approach. Mitch Norris has done a great job of […]
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Garry Leroy Baker commented on the post, Project: Using Visual Literacy to ask the Right Questions, on the site Garry Leroy Baker 11 months, 2 weeks ago
Thank you, Viviane. I was inspired by Bethany Shull at ISSH who has a similar assignment for her Grade 8 students when they study “To Kill a Mockingbird.” Students must ask questions about the setting of the novel […]
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Garry Leroy Baker commented on the post, Project: Using Visual Literacy to ask the Right Questions, on the site Garry Leroy Baker 11 months, 2 weeks ago
Ruth, thanks for reading my post. I appreciate your encouragement. I have known about these two sites for a few years but now I think that I have a way to make them useful for students. Can you suggest other sites […]
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