Tag Archives: Ontario Extend

Curate Your ‘Self’

Posted on May 28, 2018 by HJ.DeWaard

I’ve written about curation before in The Web We Weave – Curation in Action and Curation – a call to action – I’ll return to these blog posts, as suggested by Alan Levine in Blog Posts As Old Concrete Slabs or Alive in the Cracks In Between?, … Continue reading →

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Getting from Point A to Point B

Posted on May 21, 2018 by HJ.DeWaard

There are many ways to get from point A to point B. Travelling is more than just arriving at any specific destination. This is true of the physical spaces through which we traverse, particularly with the distances we travel here … Continue reading →

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An OPEN Experimenter’s Lab Report

Posted on April 10, 2018 by HJ.DeWaard

Here it is. My report for the Experimenter Module for the Ontario Extend activity bank. It’s part of my commitment to participate with the #ExtendEast cohort to further our collective knowledge. It’s not the first experimenters report, nor will it … Continue reading →

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Curation – a call to action

Posted on March 21, 2018 by HJ.DeWaard

This is a response for the Ontario Extend module focusing on Curation, specifically accessing and curating from repositories for course content. This is not new for me. I’ve mentioned that I consider curation as a new literacy for teachers to … Continue reading →

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Like driving a car

Posted on March 14, 2018 by HJ.DeWaard

This is a response for the Ontario Extend module Teacher for Learning, specifically the Mastery section which looks at mastery of a subset of skills that educators deconstruct and teach, in order for students to achieve competency of the subset … Continue reading →

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Combining Strategies for #oextend

Posted on March 13, 2018 by HJ.DeWaard

This is a response for the Ontario Extend module Teacher for Learning, specifically the Organize Knowledge section which outlines the purpose of providing students with better opportunities for note taking. When I first saw the Cornell notes I had a … Continue reading →

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Uncommonly Ordinary

Posted on February 27, 2018 by HJ.DeWaard

This notion of being ordinary continues to pervade my thinking and catch my attention. I’ve just watched uncommonly gifted athletes compete in the Winter Olympics, my jaw dropping each time there’s a flip, throw, toss, spin, slide or crash. It’s … Continue reading →

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