Kelly Christopherson's Blog – May 2007 Archive (12)

To be or not to be ....... productive

Well, I’ve been tagged by Brian over at Snacks and Staff Meetings about my best productivity tips. It’s taken me a while to get to this one so maybe my tips aren’t really that effective. But, I’ll throw them

out there and you can see if they might work for you.

Tip #1 - Find an all-in-one organizer and stick with it. This took me some time but I really like the Zoho planner and now it stays open on my…

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Added by Kelly Christopherson on May 31, 2007 at 8:38pm — No Comments

And we're preparing them for....

There has been a great discussion going on over at Bump on the Log and We Live in Interesting Times about whether we should or should not be preparing our students for the “business world”. Now, in reading through the posts and the comments, I

began to wonder what exactly we are preparing them for? I mean, I don’t

know how…

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Added by Kelly Christopherson on May 30, 2007 at 8:49pm — 1 Comment

Time Crunch



Well, like many teachers and administrators, the end of May and June are times when things get a bit hectic. It seems that each year, no matter how much I plan, I always seem to be crunched for time. So why

am I writing this blog if I don’t have much time? Good question.

Since I began on this web2.0 journey in January, I’ve begun to rely on this blog as a place to discuss important ideas, sound off about things that are bugging me and ask for input on ideas that are…

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Added by Kelly Christopherson on May 28, 2007 at 5:15pm — No Comments

Can we move a rubber tree plant?

I have been doing quite a lot of reading and commenting over the long weekend. This has given me a chance to read and contemplate what others are saying which is always good. Also, I’ve been thinking about

what the new school year will bring. With only 5 weeks left, the new

school year is approaching quickly while this school year is racing

towards its end.

I came across an interesting piece over at Harold Jarche’s site.…

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Added by Kelly Christopherson on May 22, 2007 at 10:42pm — No Comments

5 Goals x 2

I’ve been tagged by Lynn over at Learning. Goals - what do I have? Actually, I had to go Donald Taylor’s blog to see what he did. This led me to Ev Nucci’s blog where I found a series of very well explained goals. For those of you new into blogging, this is how you find new ideas and things…

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Added by Kelly Christopherson on May 16, 2007 at 9:36am — No Comments

Apple Blossoms and new principals

As I was on my way to school this morning, I was admiring all the trees in blossom. I especially like the trees with the bright pink

blossoms - I think they’re an apple tree but I’m not really sure.

Anyway, I had a team meeting and really should have been hurrying to

get there but I just couldn’t pass up the opportunity to take a few

moments to slow down and appreciate the beauty of the trees. Now,

a few years ago, I wouldn’t…

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Added by Kelly Christopherson on May 15, 2007 at 9:33pm — 1 Comment

Why are we doing this?

Today I had an interesting conversation today about using technology in the classroom and in the school and in the school division. Now, I’m very interested in moving the use of technology along beyond just a

minor few looking at some technology use in classrooms. I would like to

have it front and center in our division where we are looking at how to

build the skills of the teachers and create learning opportunities for

teachers and students. Right now, it is no more than…

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Added by Kelly Christopherson on May 11, 2007 at 6:11pm — No Comments

Planning for Leadership

"Well that went off without a hitch" commented one of the parents today as we were finishing our first attempt at an afternoon with community and students being together. "Community Day" was a great success as 50 community members joined 100 of our students for an afternoon of games, activities and cookie decorating followed by a talent show with many of our student showing off their many talents. It was a great afternoon, to be sure, but it was so great because the group of teachers organizing… Continue

Added by Kelly Christopherson on May 10, 2007 at 11:24pm — No Comments

Too much salt!

Ever been to a restaurant for a meal and realize that just a bit more salt would really add to the taste of the great meal you ordered. You have

the salt passed to you. You take some time to figure out exactly where

you will start with the salt and then you begin only to find that some

joker has loosened the cap so you end up with the whole shaker on your

plate!

How do you feel? What do you do? How do you react?

Well, that is how…

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Added by Kelly Christopherson on May 7, 2007 at 10:42am — 2 Comments

TLt IT Summit07

This morning we have the pleasure of listening to Dr. Elizabeth Murphy from Memorial University of Newfoundland where she is an Associate Professor of Education-Technology. Her presentation began

with a review of the changes that are taking place in the digital

world. The background was a look at “then” and “now”.

She then moved onto discuss her study of e-learning in Newfoundland using activity theory to guide her study. She interviewed 18 teachers who had various…

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Added by Kelly Christopherson on May 3, 2007 at 10:47pm — 1 Comment

Information Integration

I’m in a session with Donna Desroche from North Battleford. She was a library technologist and, just recently became a technology coordinator. Donna She was having a great time doing this presentation!

Institutional Context - Comprehensive Community School that is very

diverse with an alternate option and AP courses. The school was using

Linux/redhat - made the change in 2000. This created…

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Added by Kelly Christopherson on May 3, 2007 at 10:54am — 1 Comment

TLt IT Summit2007

I’m at the TLt IT Summit2007 in Saskatoon, SK. Ian Jukes is the opening keynote speaker talking about the need to move education from where it is to where it needs to be. Through the keynote, he

constantly refers to the need for educators to acknowledge the world of

the kids where it is now. Educators were not trained to teach the way

that these students are learning. To engage these students there…

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Added by Kelly Christopherson on May 1, 2007 at 9:49pm — No Comments

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