Jose Gigante

Male

Honolulu, Hawaii

United States

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School / Work Affiliation
Punahou School
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jgigante@me.com
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About Me
I am a high school Spanish teacher at a one-to-one (Apple) laptop school. Fan of Project-Based Learning and user of technology in the classroom.

Comment Wall:

  • Gavin McLean

    Hi Jose,
    I am learning Moodle and introducing it as the LMS at a secondary school in New Zealand. Have you seen the "Skoolaborate" project where kids are using Second Life to teach each other languages?
    Cheers,
    Gavin

    Jul 3, 2008

  • Gavin McLean

    Hey Jose,
    I just posteed the video about the avatar hunt in Skoolaborate:
    did you see that one? Cheers,
    Gavin

    Jul 18, 2008

  • Lindy Brewster

    Hi Jose! First off, I wanted to thank all of you at Punahou for inspiring me to get into education. It is amazing what you do there! Second, can you give me contact information for your fourth/fifth grade teachers who are really excited about the 1:1 laptop program? I'd love to talk my school into something like that, but I know I'm going to need a lot of background information to do any kind of convincing.
    Thanks! --Lindy

    Aug 6, 2008

  • Lindy Brewster

    Jose - I used to live in Hawaii, doing fundraising for The Nature Conservancy. One of your teachers approached me about doing a service learning project. The kids visited our preserves, then created several public service announcements. I, and a few of my colleagues, were invited to Punahou to judge the projects. I was very impressed with what was available to your students and what they were able to do. It helped me discover that I wanted to take a more direct role in education.

    Aug 7, 2008