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Twitter-duction
Using the concise communication of Twitter’s 140 characters, here are my answers to our introductory questions: Who are you and what do you do? Nancy Carswell, eLearning Course Developer @ Credenda...
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Multiplying the Power of Digital Assets
Digital assets like Discovery Education’s “Multiplying Two Polynomials” video segment from Algebra: Multiplying Polynomials have high edutainment value. This video tells the simple story of a family...
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Digital Media for Synthesis
The Credenda learning template Application provides meaningful opportunities to interact and synthesize the information from the Exploration. In a recent outcome focused on solving systems of linear...
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Cell Phone Plans as Systems of Linear Equations
Media-infused presentations foster the development of both Howard Gardner’s disciplined and synthesizing minds. Gardner says the disciplined mind has “mastered at least one way of thinking” and adds,...
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Fortunately, Creativity is a Perennial
I agree with Sir Ken Robinson that schools can kill creativity and I would also argue that schools can kill the joy of learning. I would have used the word “threaten” though rather than kill because I...
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Valuing Creativity
I am a developer and have no students so I voluntold (an eminently expressive word from a Canadian-Ukrainian friend) my Grade 10 son as participant. Before the discussion, he read the creativity card...
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Humankind is Our Business
At Credenda, we have a Social Responsibility course where the Glogster “Humankind is Our Business” http://nglos.edu.glogster.com/humankind-is-our-business/ can help foster the development of the...
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Article 2
Julene Reed’s article “Global Collaboration and Learning” has the apt subtitle “How to create a world of success without leaving your classroom”. Reed writes, “Knowledge of other cultures around the...
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Five Minds or Five Hundred Virtues
This is the video and script of my reflection about the ways I will continue to develop my five minds: It would be unethical for me to pretend that I will continue to develop just Howard Gardner’s five...
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Are We Using the Best Number Systems?
My Grade 11 Math Google Earth virtual field trip “Are We Using the Best Number Systems?” is directed towards the following instruction goal: Outcome 1 Demonstrate understanding of the mathematics...
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