Author: Dean Shareski
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Our musical performer tonight is George Bush
For my final guest I’d like to introduce George Bush singing a U2 song (What would the Tonight Show have been without a musical guest). The following is not intended to be a political statement but rather an example of a mashup. It is indeed a powerful example. With tools available to students today, this…
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Introducing Peter Bell
Thank you Gerry, always funny stuff. Even Stephen Downes has appreciated your humor. My next guest is a middle school teacher from Bengough, Saskatchewan. Peter has been exploring the use of social software in his classroom for the past year. I sat down with Peter and asked him a few questions about the changes in…
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For my first guest….
Okay, I’m going to stick with the talk show and Johnny Carson analogy I used in my first post. My first guest is a comedian from Canada. He’s a former educator and recently appeared on Last Comic Standing. Please welcome Mr. Gerry Dee: BTW Wes, I added a humor section. He’ll never have me back!…
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Herrrrrrrrrrrrre’s Dean!
I used to love Johnny Carson. One of my favourite memories as a kid was staying up late and positioning myself so Mom and Dad couldn’t see me but as long as I didn’t laugh out loud, I could usually watch most of the show. I really liked Mondays because often Johnny would have guest…
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The best of Wes
I’m sure those that subscribe to Wes’ blog aren’t use to having 3 days without a post. Wes seems to post about 3 times a day. Anyway, picking up on a suggestion from Miguel, I’m going to ask you for some help. (Miguel suggested a Skypecast but I’m too lazy) Choose your favourite post from…
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Seeing is Believing
Knowing Wes’ concern with human rights, I was interested in tieing together the concepts discussed in the documentary “Seeing is Believing“. The film addresses many of the ideas we discuss in the Read/Write Web; mainly the idea of placing the power of technology in the hands of the people. The focus here is on third…
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The case against classblogmeister
I posted a couple of comments on Mark’s blog continuing the conversation about classblogmeister. Again, I’ll state my original position. Classblogmeister is a wonderful tool and perhaps the best starting point for teachers and is an ideal tool for younger students. (I’ll leave the definition of younger students to the reader) At some point one…
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About being Canadian
In the same way I’m intrigued about what others say about me, I’m also interested in what others say about my country. I pay close attention to dicussions outlining the differences between Americans and Canadians. Mark has already mentioned my blog being blocked by his district and even during last week’s Skypecast it was pointed…
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Let’s go digital
This article from the NY Times speaks to the need for textbooks and resources to be digital. The article refers to history textbooks which have identical language attributed to different authors: Just how similar passages showed up in two books is a tale of how the largely obscure $4 billion a year world of elementary…
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Making myself at home
When Wes asked me to be a guest blogger for him, the only other time I’d heard of this was when he asked Miguel to do this a few weeks ago.