We don’t have a formal coding class however we do have many, many wannabe coders in our school and we do have an extra-curricular Geek Force club who decided that our goal…
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Waiting by Jlhopgood (via Flickr) Technology has changed the learning landscape. No longer are students limited by the resources that we offer within our schools. No longer do students have…
Would you trade your Facebook data for food at a supermarket? I stumbled across this video as I was doing some research with my students on Big Data in Supermarkets as…
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About 12 hours after arriving back from #elc14 and I’m about to walk into a class that I can honestly say I completely did NOT plan…not even think about it…
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Western Academy of Beijing Following on from our trip to #beyondlaptops, Rachella and I offered to share our Design Thinking (DT) experience with our faculty. Ray Gentleman, MYP Design, was…
The recent #beyondlaptops mini-conference at Yokohama International School was #beyondexpectations. I learned so much, yet still have so much to learn. My first share is the session “How Can We…
I’ve been teaching the IBDP Information Technology in a Global Society (ITGS) for almost 15 years and have been examining for well over a decade, probably more. So, why do…
We are now in Cycle 3 of our Collaborative Action Research iPad trials in the High School here at WAB. We are exploring how to use the iPad for transformative learning.…
Finally, I am back to blogging. Having left one or two people wondering if we actually did finish our long walk, I am happy to report that we did. Here’s…
The WAB team (comprising newbie Jeri Hurd, alumni Ray Gentleman and me) has just got back from the Apple Distinguished Educator (ADE) Institute in Bali. The Institute welcomed over 230…
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