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Educational Design Specialist working with Westmount Charter School in YYC to build a better today, by tomorrow.

Calgary Alberta Canada
Joined August 2010
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Quick #teachertip for any new online classrooms out there... I signed up as a student in my own class. IMO better than just previewing a page; this kid has a backstory, makes mistakes, and does the assignments. #teachertech #designEd #processEd #innovatEd
An evening with @SubbanKarl #sketchnotes — one teacher and dad learning from another. #redefinethewordpotential #beauty
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Day 89 of “90 Days of Innovations” (SEE my IG feed). PD session by @drspfeiffer lends a lens to examine the course design: Is it only relevant to #giftedEd, is it deeper or broader? Does it work for ALL gifted? or All? or AT ALL? #designEd #innovatEd #makerEd #sketchnotes
I wish I knew of this site a long time ago. So awesome. Even better now that I have a laser in my garage 😉festi.info/boxes.py/ @MrMacnology @stevewclark @MarcGobeil @dramaticscience #makered #make #lasercut #lasercutter #pewpew
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Been a while, thought it was time to share something! #innovatEd instagram.com/p/B5dVdEtJNIb/…
with @culturalshift today and tomorrow remembering when and why. #designEd #dreamEd
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convocate today - but online; it was a #distanceEd degree afterall... #ETAD2019 #masterEd 👏👏 @usaskEducation
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Instead of compromising on pedagogy I just changed the report card. 10:15 #erlcedtech #justexcitedisall – at Edmonton, Alberta
“we ought never let evaluation drive instruction” @mraspinall but UBD (inst/des) calls for it b/c it’s a reality of the infrastructure we teach in. I’ll show you how I reconciled the conflict in my session at 10:15 #erlcedtech – at Edmonton, Alberta
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minor deviations #nameplate #makeyourownartclass edtech cross pollination: 1) peruse google images to find an appropriate model to sketch 2) draw on techniques observed having watched… instagram.com/p/Bn30WGEhXhH/…
Well, thank Zarquod that’s over and done with... #shawacademy 😓 Now to use the experience to build the Distance Learning Narrative #ETAD2018 #GradLife instagram.com/p/BnrYeJ-n0D_/…
if language-learning apps were dvlpd like learning to code apps, I’d wager there would be more apps out there teaching me expletives in french... #digitalredundancy #summerinsights #compsciEd – at Ma-Me-O Beach, Alberta
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Teachers need to be engaged in #lifelonglearning to inspire students. xitter.cf/iste/status/1013514834… – at Calgary, Alberta
To cultivate students as #empoweredlearners, we need our teachers to also identify as learners themselves bit.ly/2ImycQH #ISTEStandards
“And what would happen to me, may I ask, if I loved all the children I said goodbye to?” #digitalredundancy #poppinstruth #lastday #4now
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look at me using transparencies... #dontcallitathrowback #designEd #processEd #makerEd #learnerEd #EQEd - this is being built for a wkshp/handbk hopefully coming soon. – at Calgary, Alberta
examining theoretical vs statistical probability, population size, and physics - you know, because it’s a Y8 Innovations class... #thankskk #makerEd #innovatEd #STEMEd #STEAMEd #processEd #creatEd #designEd #mathEd #overmyhead
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they found some inappropriate posters and put them up. After ranting about motivational posters I made one of my own to sum up my feelings #unquote