Reading and Writing – part 2
A few weeks ago I attended Reading for the Love of It in Toronto. Years ago, when I worked in International Schools in Europe all the big teacher conferences had…
Reading and Writing – part 1
I've been a busy thinking about reading and writing this past week. It started with running a workshop in Clark County, Nevada and wrapped up with a visit to reading…
How We Became a 1:1 Computing School
CC licensed (BY-NC) via Arne Kuilman's flickr photostream We did it! We are now 1:1 from Kindergarten to grade 12. Grade 8-12 has been 1:1 laptops for the past few…
A Day in the Life of an ICT integrator
Light at the end of the tunnelLight at the End of the Tunnel by Lara Jensen is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial Unported License. Back in mid-September at the…
More Thoughts on Digital Storytelling
Yesterday I tweeted that I wanted to get back in the ds106 playground. Last week in the Fall 2013 Headless Course for ds106 the current participants explored what digital storytelling…
Style Cure – Decisions, Decisions
Slipcover Project Decision: grey linen My textile decision was relatively simple. I brought home 4 samples of linen and a Belgian grey was perfect for my chairs. Interestingly, it isn't…
Style Cure – A Plan
I have always claimed that I am not a morning person but, really, I'm just not a quick riser. I love to wake up, read for an hour, lounge over…
Style Cure: Week 1 Wrap-Up
Last week, as inspiration for my dining room, I gathered many images that I liked on Houzz and Pinterest. I analyzed them and selected just two that I thought were…
Style Cure Day 6 – Learning About Colour
As the title suggests, today's Style Cure task was to learn about colour. One thing that I learned was that green and purple are considered transition colours that can be…
Style Cure Day 5 – My Current Floorplan
Yes, I skipped Day I intended to set up an outbox but just started to clean and tidy instead. It's not a job that is complete but more of a…