“The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn and relearn.” -Alvin Toffler

Now that technology is finally beginning to fulfill its promise of enabling a rich and differentiated learning experience, educators need to not only catch this wave, but reassess some firmly held beliefs.
 

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Who's Going to Start the American Revolution?

Whenever I talk to American educators, I find myself nodding and shaking my head in condolence of their common plight. I am also forever reading commentaries that carry the familiar theme of how the American education system is no longer in the hands of educators, but gifted in a series of grand experiments to politicians, economists, business leaders, religious organizations, advocacy groups... who all think they know best, or are at least prepared to do some tinkering. They act almost like a f… Continue

Posted by Paul McKenzie on May 3rd, 2008 at 7:30am — No Comments (Add)

Web2.0 in School2.0

I just posted this entry into the MyLearningSpace.org Ning group in response to a query about which Web2.0 tools are useful in schools. I can't praise Diigo too much. The amazing functionality and connectivity makes it my favorite productivity and learning Firefox add-on. I guess Firefox itself would be the most useful tool. Try out Diigo, but give yourself a chance to discover all its abilities. Oh, and don't forget to join the EdTechTalk group. As much as I love Del.icio.us, I really think Di… Continue

Posted by Paul McKenzie on April 17th, 2008 at 5:30pm — No Comments (Add)

IB - Finally! Jing Screencasting & MMPORG PBL

I've been incredibly busy over the last several months - Kuwait to Canada and back, followed by 2 weeks in Southern India, curriculum scope and sequence plus accreditation committees, rugby coaching... all competing with my regular teacher and coordinator duties. On top of all this, my wife and I decided to hit the recruiting trail and aim for an International Baccalaureate school. Simply put, schools accredited by the IB Organization deliver globally empathic programs that evolve in concert wi… Continue

Posted by Paul McKenzie on March 7th, 2008 at 7:30am — No Comments (Add)

$99 Smartboards!!

Yesterday, I hadn't even heard of Johnny Lee, now I'm one of his growing number of fans. Johnny has a website with some great ideas for educators.

What caught my attention was this $99 Smartboard video. I had been thinking that a tablet bluetoothed to a data projector was the only viable poor-man's (educator's) solution to a smartboard. Being a New Zealander of Scottish descent (shor… Continue

Posted by Paul McKenzie on December 20th, 2007 at 10:41am — No Comments (Add)

I dig Diigo

In reply to an email I received today (see end of this post) from Diigo (one of my favorite webapps for education), I wrote the following. If you are in, or interested in, the edtech game, I recommend you try it out.

(Reply)

Hi Maggie,

I'd be more than interested in trying out version 3 of Diigo on Firefox.

I'm an ICT Coordinator at an International School in Kuwait where I have been using Diigo with my grade 11 and 12 students. The students recognize Diigo's… Continue

Posted by Paul McKenzie on December 17th, 2007 at 11:27am — No Comments (Add)

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