Graham Whisen
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Limits on Creativity
Creating something new is challenging. The way I see it, there are two major obstacles to “creating.” The first is having creativity – you actually have to think creatively to create! The second is skill – you need certain skills to go from an idea to a product. For example, if I wanted to draw [...]
Thoughts on Plagiarism
As you can imagine, teenagers often look for the best way to maximize results, while minimizing time and effort. This is no surprise because it’s what we all do. However, when it comes to academic integrity, the “easy way” can often get students in trouble. This is not to say that students plagiarize maliciously, only [...]
category: Uncategorized
Getting Kids Excited About Books
The post that follows is a guest blog from Elaine Hirsch. Elaine is kind of a jack-of-all-interests, from education and history to medicine and videogames. This makes it difficult for her to choose just one life path, so she is currently working as a writer for various education-related sites and writing about all these things [...]
Books are a Pain
Recently I realized something about myself. I don’t like to read books – at least not as much as I used to, and definitely not in the ways that I used to. When I was growing up, I really enjoyed reading books. As a young boy I usually read for at least an hour before [...]
category: ideas, Personal Reflection
Default Settings
Computer programmers make choices on your behalf. Usually the “default settings” are configured in a way that most people would want them, or at least are set so that the computer program is the simplest to operate. Advanced computer users are quick to start making changes to the default settings: they want programs installed in [...]
category: ideas
Intramural Social Networks? (guest post)
Social networking offers tremendous potential to connect students with each other in learning communities. Lindsey Wright share some of her thoughts on the benefits of using social networking in an educational setting. This is the first guest post I have ever hosted on my blog. Thanks Lindsey for contacting me! Lindsey Wright is fascinated with [...]
category: Uncategorized
High Scores
When I log into my school board email system I am presented with a news feed that is received by all the teachers in the district. Usually there are short stories about the accomplishments of different students/teachers in the board. A few weeks ago I saw a “news release” that told about two students in [...]
Google Cloud Connect
I am always coming across new web tools that help me in my life or in my classroom. With so many web tools popping up all the time, it is difficult to find time to evaluate all of them. In most cases, I will experiment with a new tool and drop it right away. However, [...]
category: teaching and learning, technology
Finally, We Can Access YouTube
For years now it has felt that my school board has been filtering more and more of the internet for students. It seemed that any site that even had the word “game,” “social,” or “share” was automatically blocked by the board firewall. As a teacher who likes to experiment with technology and Web 2.0 tools, [...]
category: teaching and learning, technology
About Me
Educational Technology is a perfect blend of my two greatest passions. I enjoy using this blog to explore many ideas in Ed. Tech. and developing as a teaching professional.
This work by Graham Whisen is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 2.5 Canada License.
Education
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Technology
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