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Help Us Go Viral

March 17th, 2009 · No Comments · Uncategorized

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Diversity Day Keynote – Robin Bowman

March 17th, 2009 · No Comments · Uncategorized

Here is the Cover-it-Live notes from our keynote speaker, Robin Bowman
The Life of An American Teenager
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Tomorrow – We Try to Go Viral

March 16th, 2009 · No Comments · Uncategorized

For the third year, our high school cancels the regular schedule, in order to have a special event, Diversity Day. This day is student planned and organized with workshops centered around a particular theme. This year’s theme is centered around storytelling and pluralism. As was explained to me, what we are trying to ask studentis [...]

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Digital Story Telling at North Shore

March 6th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Uncategorized

This is an article that I was asked to write which was sent to the parents and friends of the school:
A students learning to write and speak has been one of the hallmarks of a North Shore education. Over the past fifty year, transmission of ideas has shifted to include more visual information, including pictures, [...]

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Changes in GabCast’s Business Model Leaves Educators in the Lurch

March 5th, 2009 · 3 Comments · Uncategorized

On Monday, one of the language teachers, who has begun integrating cell phones into her curriculum, via Gabcast, reported that she had gotten a prompt saying that she could not record anymore audio without first paying. Knowing how this teacher has really used this service and being away from a computer to check, I assumed [...]

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