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Infographics Then and Now
The infographics concept started many years ago (before the internet) much for the same purposes as today – to explain a concept visually for understanding and flair. Businesses used infographics to...
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Blogging Forward Thinking
Some rights reserved by charliebarker To change or not to change, my blog that is, that was the question. After reviewing numerous templates and designs that are available, I really grew to like the...
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Mini Movies to Teach the World
If you search the internet for “how to replace a ukulele string” you might be surprised how many youtube and other videos you will find demonstrating this unique talent. Why are there more videos that...
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Pros and Evolution of Gamification
Many people think that modern gamification started in the past ten years but the truth is that I can remember gamification in 1980’s. First was the company Atari who created the first, affordable home...
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Social Media – A Positive Side
Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Google+………. These are just a few of the popular social media sites “out there” today. Blink and there will be 5 new ones pop up; all trying to capture a niche in the...
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High Tech High Just Makes Sense
One of the reasons I love Coetail so much is that it leads me down paths of learning that I might not have found otherwise. Before watching the video on Hi Tech High, I had heard about Project Based...
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Learning from Mistakes
After watching the video from TedTalks with Diana Laufenberg I was inspired to search out other people, famous people that have said a thing or two about failure. Here’s some of the favorites I found:...
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Course 5 Project Idea – World Read Aloud Day
For Coetial, Course 5, Putting It in Practice, my colleague, Martha Langille, and I are working together to bring one of our ICS fourth grade classes and a fourth grade class in rural Maine together...
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We did it!! On March 5, 2014 a fourth grade class from ICS Addis connected with a fourth grade class in Maine, USA during World Read Aloud Day (WRAD), via Skype. The excitement was there even if the...
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Learning 2.014 in Addis Ababa
Learning 2.014 Africa This blog post will be slightly different than my previous posts because I will call this a “real time” post. At ICS Addis, we are currently in the middle of hosting the Learning...
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