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  • SITE 2006 – Tuesday Keynote – Can you hear me now? Composing Connections between Classrooms and Communities – Janet Swenson

    This is “blogged live” on SITE 2006 Keynote. There is quite a bit there (I’ve been struggling just to get online these days). But here is my general take on the keynote. Politicians have decided on the right wing charge of accountability that they know best though the power of the dollar and the weight…

  • Eportfolios for Candidate Assessment (Spaulding, Straut, Ruddy & Frechette)

    This presentation was more of an overview of what the group found when they looked at the portfolios of pre-service teachers in terms of how they used technology. They commented on how portfolios had moved from basically a celebratory artifact to a high stakes assessment instrument in recent years. The interesting part from this session…

  • Sim school (Melanie Zibit, David Gibson, Bill Halverson)

    I decided to try to make notes for this conference on my phone and then use Bluetooth to send them over to the laptop for final prep before I post them online. It seems that even though it’s a bit slower, I’m taking down the important points, as opposed to everything when I’m typing. It’s…

  • SITE 2006 Keynote – Michelle Selinger

    Well, this is before the keynote and the main conference hall is certainly impressive and thankfully I cam prepared for the wonders of climate control. It’s a fridge inside and a sauna outside – so I think I’ll be in pants and shoes during the day at least. I’m also looking around and it’s really…

  • Funny looking phone

    Ok, well for whatever reason, the conference connection won’t render Google stuff as it should, so I can’t upload the picture right now, but it’s of an Internet Phone at the Edmonton Airport provided by Telus (fixed now…). It’s a funny looking box that runs Linux. I guess in a big pinch it can be…