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Whew! Didn't think I'd ever "see the light of day" again, but after a marathon work session, my latest project, Ontario Blogs is now ready to receive bloggers!

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Just posted my Window to the EduBloggerWorld post on my blog, nexus.ontarioblogs.com, complete with micro and macro views from where I blog.

I’m heading off to Florida this afternoon for a once-in-a-lifetime
experience! Yes, you might say, going to Florida in August will
probably be a trip I won’t forget for awhile. As great an experience as
that promises to be, my awesome adventure also includes watching the launch of the Space Shuttle Endeavor, from the VIP viewing area, as part of the Canadian Space Agency co… Continue

As I mentioned earlier in my “Uber-blogging” post, I’m taking the time to really process the implications of backchannelling
for both my own professional learning and its relevance to the way we
structure learning opportunities for our students. I have quickly come
to the conclusion that I must develop some new skills myself and
re-think some social norms before… Continue

One of the things I love most about teaching is the opportunity we have
to “start fresh” each school year - with new students and new
possibilities. As we plan for the learning opportunities we will
facilitate for our students, we need to step back from our curricula,
lists of outcomes, and standards; step way back, and keep backing up,
until a bigger picture starts to come into focus. Once we have the
perspective of that bigger picture, we can zoom in again on the
outcomes and standards as requ… Continue