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Teachers’ Perspectives on Learning Technology

The Media Awareness Network (MNet) recently released the third part of its report, Young People in a Wired World. Phase III focuses on how teachers see the situation, and includes their perception of...

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Britannica Goes Completely Digital

Encyclopedia Britannica has announced that they will no longer publish the print edition of their most hallowed general reference resource (CBC news report). Since its first publication in 1768,...

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Inquiry Untethered

Imagine a program where all learning is driven by inquiry, without the many constraints that we deal with, real or self-imposed. Inquiry can be untethered from the constraints of wired networks, school...

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What About Wikipedia?

I’ve just created a page about using Wikipedia on the WRDSB Library Learning Commons website, and thought I’d share it here. The focus is on being your own filter in assessing the quality of Wikipedia...

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The Myth of the Digital Native

For the past several years I’ve been on a bit of a mission to bust what I perceive to be a myth – the myth of the digital native / digital immigrant divide. How often have you heard (or said), “The...

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