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Looking Forward to EduCon 2.0
I’ve been very busy lately. First, I had to finish the complete draft of my thesis to be sent to the external reviewer before the defense. Then, I immediately turned my attention to EduCon 2.0. It’s an important event for me for many reasons. First of all, it comes at a time when my research [...]
Continue reading...Parent-Teacher Interviews 2.0
Sunday, November 4, 2007
Yesterday, we had our first parent-teacher interviews for the current academic year. Some of my colleagues don’t like them. I do. I enjoy parent-teacher interviews because I always see them as an opportunity to reflect on what I’ve accomplished with each individual child. Getting ready for parent-teacher interviews is an opportunity for reflection and self-assessment. It’s [...]
Continue reading...Latest Videos
Final video of the Virtual Classroom Project hosted on the Islands of jokaydia in April and June, 2008. For more information about the project, click here.
Screenshots of the Virtual Classroom Project are available here.
- Peter Jones: "Learning how to learn" gets to heart (literally)...
- Gurmit Singh: Hi Konrad, and all, I have been thinking about...
- Nicole Huett: A well thought through write up, one of those I re...
- Stian Haklev: Upz, the thesis on rural Ghana: https://tspace.lib...
- Stian Haklev: Hi Konrad, very interesting to read about your...
Asides 
Karyn Romeis responded to my South African reflection by linking to her own African tale. Her words struck a chord because I returned from Africa (South Africa and Kenya) only a few weeks ago, and my experiences there profoundly changed me as a teacher and a human being. Her entry took me back to many schools and classrooms that I visited in Kenya as part of the Teachers Without Borders-Canada project.
Here’s a link to Karyn’s entry and to a version I annotated using Diigo.
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